CASE 189: NUTCRACKER‘S SYNDROME, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr NGUYEN DUC TRI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Male boy 12 yo had been in operation of cystostomy for removing blood clot 3 months before, but unkwon cause , and now hematuria is recurring.

Ultrasound of abdomen detected left renal vein dilated, big and big in comparison to one on right site, color Doppler shows very low flow in left dilated renal vein. (see 3 pictures).

 

 

 2 kidneys are normal.

MSCT CE UROLOGY detected left renal vein dilated and pressed between aorta and SMA,  and early filling contrast,  suspected one A-V SHUNT at upper pole of left kidney.(See 3 images of CT with CE).
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planning to do DSA for make sure diagnosis of hematuria and site of bleeding.

CASE 188: MEDIC RADIOLOGY CASE 5: THYMOMA and THYMOCARCINOMA, Dr Nguyễn văn Công-Dr Hồ Chí Trung, Medic Medical Center, HCMC, Vietnam.

Mr A. and Mr B. are two 64 yo male patients, have a heath check at Medic Center some days apart.

      

      

On the PA and lateral CXR a round shadow about 3-6 cm of diameter seen on anterior mediastinum R side.

 

On thoracic US examination, 2 encapsulated, with septations mixed structrure of solid and liquid contents on R lower anterior mediastinum of 3-5 cm diameter look alike on both patients.

          

CT scan of both chests show almost the same findings as a mixed components with solid and fluid, septated, encapsulated, contrast enhanced on R lower anterior mediastinum.

Imaging diagnosis: Right Anteroinferior Mediastinal Tumor can be thymic origin.

Both men go for surgery to remove the anterior mediastinum tumor.

 But the resullts from pathology are different:

The pathology report of Mr A.: THYMOMA TYPE A  WITH CYSTIC CHANGE. 

The pathology report of Mr B.:Undifferentiated Adenocarcinoma, invading lung tissue, EGFR (+)

Outcome of the patients:

Mr A. after the surgery is still living and working till now.

Mr B. still alive some months after radiation and chemotherapy.

A coincidence : 2 cases of incidentaloma with different outcomes. From this lesson we can learn that:

1/ Imaging diagnosis is only the shadow of the truth.

2/ Pathology give us one part of the truth.

3/ Clinical findings, imaging and pathology can give us almost the truth.

4/ But the truth itself  is the outcomes of the patients .

                  

CASE 187: MEDIC RADIOLOGY CASE 04: 170 CORONARY ARTERY CASES SCANNING by MSCT 640, Dr DƯƠNG PHI SƠN-Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

•      170 cases (79 male / 91 female) in our 2 weeks of setting up the new machine.

•      Angina  pectoris and risks of coronary artery disease.

•      Contrast agent: Ultravist, dose <1ml/kg

•      Radiation dosage <1-4 mSv (DLP x K-factor =DLP x 0.014)

•      Appropriate heart rate  < 70 p/min, if existing tachycardia can use Beta Blockers, Diltiazem... to slow down heart rate 

•      Appropriate blood pressure under 140/90 mmHg

•      Patients hold their breath during shooting.

 

CONCLUSIONS:

•     Image quality greatly improved (increased levels of accuracy).

•     Radiation dose reducing 50-90% and extremely low amount of contrast agent (competitive and beneficial to the patient).

•     Cardiac arrhythmia still could be scanning (more advantage than the older generation machines).

•     Shooting and find the cause of the chest pain emergency.

CASE 186: LYNCH SYNDROME OR NOT ? Dr JASMINE THANH XUÂN, Dr HỒ CHÍ TRUNG, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Female patient 28yo underwent R hemicolectomy as adenocarcinoma in November 2011 at BD hospital. On 4 April 2013 she came back to BD Hospital to be removed  both 2 ovarian tumors (Krukenberg) for metastase from colon tumor. And after surgery of ovarian tumors for 3 weeks, she detects herself her right breast swollen, hard in palpation but without pain so she returned BD hospital again.

BD hospital ultrasound showed secondary right breast tumors and she was sent to MEDIC to take a mammography.

At Medic, X-Rays detected a breast mass, with high density on RUQ of right breast and were thought to be a BIRADS 4 tumor,

and Medic ultrasound again confirmed 3 hypoechoic nodules of 13-22-8mm at 10h, 11h, 1h, irregular borders, with microcalcifications (BIRADS 4)

and right metastatic axillary nodes,

and some R and L cervical nodes.

MSCT 640 proved a right breast tumor with ROI=25HU and axillary nodes and R pectoralis muscles nodes.

FNAC of right breast tumor was done and microscopic result was adenocarcinoma.

In conclusion, a 28yo female patient which were removed R colon tumor and ovarian tumors due to metastase now has a R breast tumor  BIRADS 4 and R axillary nodes and R and L cervical lymph nodes.

Do you think a case of Lynch syndrome? Is it sure that secondary breast tumors? What to do in the next step ?

Surgery was performed on 24/5. So it was a primary breast tumor, both macroscopic and microscopic findings and not a metastatic tumor of the breast from colon tumor and that may belong to Lynch syndrome. Waiting for genetic test to confirm  the final diagnosis of Lynch syndrome.

CASE 185: MEDIC RADIOLOGY CASE 03: RETROCARDIAC MASS, Dr NGUYỄN VĂN CÔNG-Dr HỒ CHÍ TRUNG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

61 yo female patient went to Medic Center for a health check-up be cause her sister recently died from lung cancer.

 

PA and lateral chest XR revealed of a suspicious big mass  of 11x 5cm on L lung base : was that a tumor?

  

An ultrasound examination was performed to know that mass is solid or cystic nature. To our surprise, a typical structure of a kidney is detected by echography in ectopic situation but difficult to certified it is above or under the L diaphragm.

The problem was easily resolved by  CT scan with contrast showed nicely the L kidney well vascularized and preserved function herniated through Bochdalek foramen.

So it was an ectopic thoracic kidney and diaphagmatic hernia.                   

CASE 184:MEDIC RADIOLOGY CASE 02: MEDIASTINAL LIPOMATOSIS, Dr NGUYỄN VĂN CÔNG - Dr HỒ CHÍ TRUNG , MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Male patient 54 yo takes CXR for heath check at Medic Center.

Surprisingly we found a very enlarged heart shadow which oblitrated ½ lower chest on both PA and lateral chest XR.

On cardiac ultrasonography, the heart is within normal limits, but there are abnormal structures surrounding the heart with hyperechogeneicity.

We decided to do a thoracic CT scan to clarify the problem.

The result of CT scan shows a very large structure of  fat density occupied all lower half of the chest and confirmed by surgery and pathology: about 2 kg of fat was removed from lower mediastinum due to mediastinal lipomatosis.

CASE 183: LEFT ARM MASS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI - Dr LÂM CẨM TÚ, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Man 27 yo,  3 months  ago  detected  mass  at  left  arm  ( foto)  no pain  no trauma  history and slowly  growth.

Ultrasound first  seeing  this mass  is  hypoechoic,  intramuscular, well  bordered  with  very  high  pattern color Doppler.

MSCT  with CE  of  this  mass  filling rapidly contrast  agent  that  looked  like  an A-V  MALFORMATION.

OPERATION REMOVES  EN BLOC TUMOR, WELL BORDERED WITH  OPENED SURFACE   IS CONVEX, LOOKED LIKE BENIGN TUMOR.

MICROSCOPIC WITH IMMUNOHISTOLOGIC STAINING REPORT: Hemangioendothelioma, it is  very rare soft tissue tumor.