Publications by authors named "Quoc Dat Tran"

Rationale: We report on a 16-year-old woman who had a history of a vascular malformation involving the left iliopsoas muscle and underwent multiple sclerotherapy sessions over the preceding 5 years without clinical improvement.

Patient Concerns: Ten days before admission, the patient experienced the acute onset of paraparesis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large vascular malformation, measured 90 × 100 × 100 mm, situated at the T12 to L4 vertebral levels within the left iliopsoas muscle, exerted significant compression on the conus medullaris and cauda equina.

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Insulinoma is a rare but challenging-to-diagnose pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, often presenting with recurrent spontaneous hypoglycemia. Surgical resection remains the definitive treatment; however, accurate preoperative localization is critical for optimizing surgical outcomes and avoiding unnecessary extensive pancreatic resection. We report a case of a 57-year-old female with recurrent hypoglycemia, whose lesion was undetectable using conventional ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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Introduction And Patient Concerns: We report on a 45-year-old woman who has a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS), experienced drowsy mental status, with hypesthesia and hemiplegia on the left side. Ten days ago she underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Computed tomography revealed tension pneumocephalus, with severe compression on the right side of the brain.

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Rationale And Patient Concerns: We report on a 67-year-old woman who experienced drowsy mental status, facial numbness, and hearing loss on the right side; the symptom gradually worsened over the last 4 years. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 4.8 × 1.

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