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Thursday, 22 August 2019

CASE 561: THYROID CANCER, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.


MAN 38Y0  GENERAL CHECK-UP  ULTRASOUND IN THE NECK  DETECTED ONE MASS AT LEFT THYROID GLAND.0
US 01:  CROSSED SECTION  AT THE LEFT LOBE THYROID HAD ONE MASS, ROUND, BORDER 3 CM , MIXED STRUCTURE WITH CYSTIC AND SOLID PARTS.


US 02: LONGITUDINAL SCAN LEFT LOBE   WITH HALO RIM ARROUND THIS MASS.


US 03: DETECTED  SMALL LYMPH NODE  NEAR LEFT CCA #1CM.


US 04: IN CDI  VASCULAR SUPPLY THIS MASS IS VERY HIGH.


US 05: ELASTOGRAPHY STRAIN  THIS MASS VERY HARD  SCALE .


FNAC   SUSPECTED  CANCER OF THYROID.


WAIT FOR OPERATION OF TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY.
REFERENCE   ACR-TIRADS AND STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY.


Sunday, 11 August 2019

CASE 560: TUMOR IN HORSESHOE KIDNEY, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr PHAN THI HUONG. MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM


WOMAN 30 YO in ROUTINE CHECK-UP.
ULTRASOUND of ABDOMEN DETECTED RIGHT  SITE KIDNEY TUMOR   ON THE  HORSESHOE KIDNEY.
US1  RIGHT KIDNEY ONE MASS IN PELVIS OF KIDNEY, SOLID. SIZE 3-4 CM.


US2  CROSSED- SECTION   THIS  HORSESHOE KIDNEY  OVER AORTA
US3  LEFT KIDNEY IS NORMAL.

MSCT CE   
CT1  HORSESHOE KIDNEY


CT2  THE TUMOR INTRA CENTRAL RIGHT KIDNEY  


CT3  HORSESHOE KIDNEY   WITH CE NORMAL PERFUSION. 


CT4  VASCULAR SUPPLY FOR  HSK


OPERATION for  RESECTION of  RIGHT PART OF HSK  ( see SCHEMA of OPERATION)


SPECIMEN OF OPERATION  (macro1, macro2).




Microscopic histology report of this tumor is RCC.


Reference  urotoday


Tuesday, 23 July 2019

CASE 559: WARTHIN TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.


MAN 62 YO WITH HISTORY OF 2 YEARS AGO  SLOW GROWTH AT RIGHT PAROTID GLAND  NO PAIN NO DISTURBE  OF MASTICATION. 




ULTRASOUND  REPORT

US 1: ONE MASS AT SUPERFICAL LOBE OF RIGHT PAROTID GLAND # 3 CM HYPOECHOIC.
US 2 :  DILATATION OF SALIVARY DUCT.
US 3 : SMI  SHOWS MORE VASCULAR MICROSTRUCTURE NO LYMPH NODE AROUND.





US 4 : ELASTOSCAN THIS TUMOR IS SOFT PATTERN.


MS CT with CE = THIS TUMOR IS ENHANCED VERY HIGH, WELL LIMITED  BORDER, CT 1 CT2 CT3 .





OPERATION for PAROTIDECTOMY.  SEE MACRO  TUMOR IS NECROTIC CENTRAL


MICROSCOPIC REPORT IS WARTHIN TUMOR.


FOTO OF  PATHOLOGIST ALDRED SCOTT WARTHIN

REFERENCE CASE.


Monday, 15 July 2019

CASE 558: OVARIAN TUMOR but RISING CA 19-9, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr LE DINH TIN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.


WOMAN  39YO  SINGLE, WITH  PELVIS PAIN


ULTRASOUND  DETECTED  LEFT OVARY CYST  SIZE 4 CM, CLASSIFIED IOTA 3   SUSPECTED  ENDOMETRIOSIS OF LEFT OVARY.  

US 1=   CYST  MIXED   SOLID.
US2 = ELASTO  SUSPECTED  BENIGN CYST.



ROUTINE BLOOD TEST   HAD  CA19-9  VERY HIGH VALUE  MORE THAN 1000 UI, CA 125 = 32 UI.



MSCT OF ABDOMEN WITH CE 

CT1:  PELVIS   HAD CYST OF LEFT OVARY  LOOKED LIKE SIMPLE CYST. 
CT2 :IN UPPER ABDOMEN,  LIVER,  BILIARY SYSTEM AND PANCREAS ARE NORMAL.




LAPAROOPERATION   REPORTED  LEFT OVARY CHOCOLATE CYST  THAT SUSPECTED  ENDOMETRIOSIS.


MICROSCOPIC REPORT OF THIS CYST IS   ENDOMETRIOSIS CYST.


LAB TEST AGAIN AFTER 2 WEEKS  OF OPERATION  THE CA19-9 DROPPED DOWN TO 123 UI.

CONCLUSION :  ENDOMETRIOSIS CYST RISED VERY HIGH CA-19-9 VALUE  WHICH IS RARE CASE

UNKNOWN REASON. 

REFERENCE CASE .



Sunday, 7 July 2019

CASE 557: LEG TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.


Man 51 yo  detected  his right ankle  pain and swollen, difficult to walk  ( see photo). There is a   mass at achille tendon with small skin nodule ).






Ultrasound  scan of  this mass.
US 1=  this mass is solid, #5 cm  round bordered, displacing achille tendon)
US 2 = vascular supply from peripheric wall   
US 3 =  SMI can see  more vascular structure intra tumor   
US 4  = ultrasound detected big lymph node at right inguinal region





US 5  video : Doppler of vascular supply this lymph node suspected metastasis.





X-Rays  the right foot :  the bone is normal.

Biopsy of the lymph node  at right inguinal region is  metastasis from sarcoma.


Saturday, 29 June 2019

CASE 556: LUNG TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.


MAN 62 YO  GETS  GENERAL CHECK- UP   EVERY YEAR .
CHEST X-RAYS DETECTED ONE NODULE AT LEFT LUNG, SIZE 1 CM  ( CHEST XRAY).




MSCT CE OF THE LUNG.
CT 1 =    FRONTAL VIEW  THE NODULE AT LEFT LUNG FROM THE PLEURAL SPACE.
CT 2= CROSSED SECTION  WITH  CE ENHANCEMENT.



ULTRASOUND   DETECTED THIS MASS ROUND HYPOECHOIC, HYPOVASCULAR   PATTERN.

OPERATION REMOVED THIS MASS    MICROSCOPIC REPORT IS INFLAMATION PSEUDO TUMOR.