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Thursday 12 September 2024

CASE 782: TOOTHPICK PENETRATING TO ABDOMINAL WALL, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr NGUYỄN NGỌC XUÂN GIANG, BÌNH AN HOSPITAL KIÊN GIANG, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 49 year-old man with an abscess at the left flank of the abdomen for one week and WBC = 14,000.



Ultrasound detected a # 6cm foreign body in the wall of the abdomen lead to the descending colon wall.



MSCT confirmed a toothpick penetrating the abdominal wall from the left colon, and stone of pancreatic duct.



Operation removed the # 6cm toothpick and drained out the chocolate pus from the abdominal wall abscess.




Wednesday 11 September 2024

CASE 781: ELEVATED PSA VALUE and SMALL NODE of PROSTATE CANCER, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI , Dr NGUYỄN MINH THIỀN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 69 year-old male with high PSA value wants to examine his prostate.


MRI prostate noted an enlarged prostate PI-RADS 3.


But TRUS, transrectal ultrasound, revealed a malignant small lesion #9×5 mm in left peripheral zone of the prostate, and performing 12 point-biopsy.



Histoanatopathologic result was a prostatic adenocarcinoma, Gleason score 6 (3+3) and ISUP Gleason group 1.


Robot endoscopy surgery removed the prostate cancer small node. And PSA value reduced from 6.4 ng/mL to 0.68ng/mL post-op.



Ultrasound post-op showed no prostate only an small amount of collected fluid.
Microscopic result was prostatic adenocarcinoma, intact capsule, Gleason 6.


 

Saturday 7 September 2024

CASE 780: UROEPITHELIAL PAPILLOMA and IBS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr PHẠM THỊ THANH XUÂN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 69 year-old man with IBS syndrome and dysuria. But he concerned more his colon for 3 months which went through a polypectomy in the past. And the dysuria maybe due to an enlarged prostate of the elderly as in his thought.

Ultrasound revealed a papilloma in the full of urine of the bladder which was not rule out a malignant tumor. And it existed nothing about enlarged prostate also the colon tumor.



Bladder endoscopy was done and confirmed a bladder tumor with its stalk at the bladder neck.



A cauterised endoscopy was performed to remove the 2x3 cm bladder tumor.

Histoanapathological result was an uroepithelial papilloma.



Sunday 1 September 2024

CASE 779: VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY for SIGMOID COLON CANCER, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÂM CẨM TÚ, Dr VÕ NGUYỄN THÀNH NHÂN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

 A 66 year-old man post cerebral ischemic disorder with constipation for 2 months. Sometimes he notes a bloody stool. His doctor would like a diagnosis for his client before the day of  September 2nd, so sending him to Medic Center on August 31. Because all of the hospitals will be in the day off from September 1 to 3 to celebrate the day of the National Independence of Vietnam.


Abdominal ultrasound detected nothing but a virtual CT colonoscopy revealed rapidly a sigmoid colon tumor and some colonic polyps.




Later a conventional colonoscopy was performed and biopsy of a # 2cm tumor of sigmoid colon which is far from the anus about 20 cm, and some polyps.


The  imaging diagnostic results last in some hours in one day of the August 31, for a sigmoid colon tumor. And waiting for the histoanapathologic result will be reply on the September 5.



The result is moderately diferentiazed adenocarcinoma of colon.

REFERENCE:

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, also called CTCvirtual colonoscopy (VC) or CT pneumocolon, is a powerful minimally invasive technique for colorectal cancer screening [from Radiopaedia.org].




Thursday 22 August 2024

CASE 778: GASTRIC YOLK SAC TUMOR, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÊ THANH LIÊM, Dr VÕ NGUYỄN THÀNH NHÂN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

A 84 year-old myocardial ischemia man with stenting cononary artery in annual check-up.

Since September 2023, AFP value was 6,015 ng/mL, and April 2024, ultrasound and MSCT detected an exophytic cardia gastric wall tumor # 69x90x30mm and metastatic lymph nodes.







But gastric endoscopy was negative. 

While AFP value elevated highly  3,667 ng/mL ultrasound and MSCT detected no liver tumor.




Later in May 2024, the cardia gastric wal tumor # 82x83mm, and lymph nodes were getting bigger on ultrasound and MSCT . 

A higher AFP value =5,685 ng/mL noted again. And at that time, it appeared some liver nodules in the right and left lobe =73-61-46-20-14mm on ultrasound. The echogenic structure of these nodules were complex, one hyperechoic, another mixed echoic that might come from the gastric tumor instead a multiple HCC.











No surgery was performed for the elderly patient and he died some days in this week.


But in the literature there were only 6 cases of the gastric tumor with high value of AFP . These cases belong to the primary gastric yolk sac tumor with immunohistochemistry stain results.

The primary gastric yolk sac tumor with high value of AFP is still a very rare malignant entity.

Saturday 10 August 2024

CASE 777: BREAST LYMPHOMA, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr VÕ THỊ LOAN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, VIETNAM

 A 33 year-old woman in annual check-up.

Breast Ultrasound, AVBS detected 2 phyllodes tumors, mixed echogenic, hypervascular without axilarry node.


An Automated Volume Breast Sonography [AVBS] video clip:



Mammography revealed 2 blurred masses # 5 cm, BI-RADS 4.


Breast MSCT confirmed right breast mass 7x5 cm and left one 4x3 cm.


2 breasts were getting bigger and painful in 3 weeks later and the breasts becoming more reddish skin appearance.



Core biopsy and histoimmunostaining result was Lymphoma B high malignancy.


REFERENCE:

VMU CASE 391