A 60-YOW had worsening nausea, vomiting & abdominal for 1 mo.หญิงอายุ 60 ปี มารพ.เนื่องจากคลื่นไส้อาเจียนและปวดท้องมากขึ้นมา 1 เดือน. ผู้ป่วยเคยได้รับการวินิจฉัย suspected Crohn disease และได้รับ prednisone 20 มก/วันติดต่อกันมานานกว่า 10 ปี. At presentation, the patient was afebrile. Her blood pressure was 115/78 mm Hg, and her pulse was 126 beats/minute. She was alert and oriented. Her only complaint was generalized abdominal pain. Diffuse expiratory wheezes were heard on pulmonary examination. Her abdomen was distended, and she had tenderness upon palpation in the right upper quadrant. No rebound tenderness was noted. Bowel sounds were audible. The remainder of her physical exam was unremarkable. Initial laboratory results: CBC: WBC 8,500 cells/mm3 (86% neutrophils, 12% lymphocytes, 1% monocytes, and 1% eosinophils). Hb 12.4 gm/dL, and platelet count 366,000/mm3. Serum lactate, 1.1 mg/dL; blood urea nitrogen, 48mg/dL; and serum creatinine, 0.60 mg/dL. Liver function tests: total bilirubin at 0.6 mg/dL, and the serum albumin level was low at 2.5 gm/dL. Human immunode-ficiency virus (HIV) antibody assay was nonreactive. Blood cultures remained negative. The patient was started on levo- floxacin and metronidazole. On hospital day 2, a computed tomography (CT) scan of her abdomen revealed edema of the right colonic wall and air in the wall of the cecum. A chest radiograph disclosed patchy infiltrative changes in both lower lobes and consolidative changes in the right middle lobe. Infiltrates in the right middle and right lower lobes also were evident on a CT scan of the chest. 1. การวินิจฉัยที่น่าจะเป็นไปได้คืออะไร 2. จะ manage อย่างไรต่อไป Posted by : cpantip , E-mail : (chpantip@medicine.psu.ac.th) , Date : 2012-04-04 , Time : 11:40:43 , From IP : 172.29.3.14 |
รูป C, Strongyloides involvement was evident in this lymph node from the colonic mesentery (arrow); Posted by : cpantip , Date : 2012-04-08 , Time : 14:17:38 , From IP : 172.29.3.14 |
รูป D; Cytopathological examination ของ colon ยังพบความผิดปกติอื่นอีกด้วยดังในรูปนี้ การวินิจฉัยในรูป D คืออะไร Posted by : cpantip , Date : 2012-04-08 , Time : 14:19:58 , From IP : 172.29.3.14 |