CASE 635: LEFT THORACIC WALL BULGING, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr JASMINE THANH XUÂN, Dr LÊ THANH LIÊM, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

 

  A 43 yo female patient found herself a mass of left thoracic wall for one month. It is painful when she  palpates it and moves her left arm. 

 Mammography and breast US in Vietnam detected nothing abnormal. PET-CT in Singapore was normal.

   

DISCUSSION and  CONCLUSION

There are some painful areas of thoracic wall that may appear in unknown microtrauma with any forces. The asymmetry of cartilage cage could be the cause of trauma in contact or due to palpation of patient herself  from her curiosity.

But in the case,  IR thermography could find out  the cause of patient complaint that noted a role of  thermography for thoracic wall bulging.