OBJECTIVE To describe a rare case of acute presentation of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 19-year-old male presented with an expanding cervical mass following blunt trauma. A computed tomography scan revealed a mass suspected to be hematoma that was compressing the vessels and thereby deviating the trachea. Immediate surgery was performed. Neither ...

Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is an uncommon disorder, and chronic SEHs are rarer than acute SEHs. However, there is few reported involving the bone change of the vertebral body in chronic SEHs. We present a case report of lumbar epidural hematoma that required differentiation from extramedullary spinal tumors by a long process because the CT scan revealed scalloping of the vertebral body and ...

A 62-year-old man was admitted for focal seizure on the right perioral area and hand developed after minimal head trauma. Brain computed tomogram examination on admission showed small amount of chronic subdural hematoma on left frontoparietal area. We planned conservative treatment with anticonvulsant, phenytoin. But, his seizure was sustained despite combination therapy of antiepileptic drugs ...

We report a case of a patient with a delayed large intrahepatic hematoma and transient decline in hemoglobin to 62 g/L 18 days after liver injury. Abdominal computed tomography revealed seriously flattening of inferior vena cava, which was consistent with compression by the enlarging hematoma. Although traditionally there was no indication for surgical intervention, the patient developed acute ...

Intracranial metastasis, involving the dura mater from neoplasm located outside the central nervous system, is not uncommon; the incidence rate ranges from 3 to 13%. Dural metastasis, associated with chronic subdural hematoma, is particularly rare and occurs in 0.5~4% of intracranial metastatic tumor. As chronic subdural hematoma may mask a metastatic tumor to dura, an accurate diagnosis is dif...