Professor & Doctor Tran Duc Tuan from the Vinmec Times City International Hospital's Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine wrote the article.
The Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Vinmec Times City International General Hospital performed a manual biopsy technique diagnosis of brain tumors in the middle of May 2019 for the first time with the aid of computer tomography. This procedure was the least harmful to the patient while accurately diagnosing the illness.
Brain tumor diagnosis with manual biopsy guided by computed tomography
Mr. N.T.A. is 75 years old, has no noteworthy medical history, but over the past three months has had trouble speaking and swallowing without experiencing a headache. He was evaluated when he arrived at Vinmec Times City International General Hospital and given the go-ahead to undergo a cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in order to check for abnormalities in the area of the brain that is located beneath the left frontal cortex. Although high-grade glioma or secondary lesions were not ruled out, doctors suspected malignant lesions and focused on lymphoma. No abnormalities were discovered during a full-body computed tomography scan.
Following consultation, the patient was given the task of having a biopsy of the brain tumor lesion performed under computer tomography in order to do the pathology with the least amount of invasiveness into the skull and the least amount of difficulties. Comparing the risk of complications to a craniotomy. Time to shave only one day and get ready for basic blood tests.
Papid healing 3-5 days after biopsy
he patient was stable during the biopsy, had a slight weakness in the opposite arm (due to the injury being along the motor fibers' route from the cerebral cortex to the upper extremities), but quickly recovered after 3-5 days. As a consequence of the patient's pathological diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, non-germinal type, the Department of Oncology was contacted for guidance on the best course of action. When a week-long hospital stay following the biopsy, Mr. N.T.A was released and started receiving outpatient chemotherapy after his health had stabilized and his arm muscle strength had returned to normal.
The manual biopsy procedure guided by computer tomography offers numerous benefits over the conventional open brain biopsy method, according to Dr. Tran Duc Tuan of the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Vinmec Times City International General Hospital. Systematic: Less invasiveness, less time to plan for biopsy, and shorter patient follow-up and biopsy times. Additionally, there is a lower risk of nerve damage both during and after the intervention, and if it does occur, it is typically milder. This technique for identifying brain tumors is thought to be safe, saving patients' time and money.
The Angio System, the first contemporary vascular interventional CT system, has enabled Vinmec Times City to be one of the first institutions in the North to effectively use a manual brain tumor biopsy approach. present at Vinmec in Vietnam, ensuring a sanitary and secure environment for patients during intervention.
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