Multiple Metastatic Brain Tumor: Complicated with Post-dural Puncture Headache : A case report

Epidural blood patch is an effective management for treatment of severe post-dural puncture headache. Here we describe a case of a patient with hip fracture, who was complained regarded as having suspicious post-dural puncture headache after epidural anesthesia, but it failed to be treated with 4 times of epidural blood patch, and later was diagnosed with multiple metastatic brain tumor.

To evaluate the role of ultrasound and fine needle aspiration puncture of cell in the diagnosis of thyroid nucleus goiter

In the year period of 1998-2002, in the Hospital N07 in Hai Duong province and the Hospital Buu Dien in HaNoi. 117 patients (99 females and 18 males, aged 17-69) who were clinically diagnosed as thyroid nucleous, goiter were undergone a fine needle puncture biopsy. Results showed a consistency between clinical diagnosis and ultrasound in 92.9% of solid form, 93.1% liquid form and in mixt form, the consistency rate was lower 55.5%. Between clinical diagnosis and ultrasound, there was a consistency in the determination of 76% of the number of goiters, and the consistency rate was higher between these 2 diagnostic methods, 81/85 in solid form and 25/27 in liquid form, while in mixt form the technique of fine needle aspiration puncture notified more cases than ultrasound 11 versus 5