A 61-Year-Old Thai Male Patient Came with Confusion 2 Days before Coming to the Hospital
Keywords:
confusion, weakness, fever, heterogeneous extra-axial mass, midline shiftAbstract
A 61-year-old Thai male patient in Chonburi province came with confusion 2 days before coming to the hospital.
4 days ago, relatives gave a history of weakness on the left side after waking up, lifting a spoon of rice and falling. There is no crooked mouth, still talking about things.
2 days ago, the patient present confused and fever.
V/S BT 38.6 C, spo2 93-94%, BP 152/88 mmHg, PR 96/min
Oriented to time place and person
E4M6V5, pupil 3 mm, RTLBE, no facial palsy, decreased pinprick sensation, right side of the face, tongue deviation to the right, motor power grade V/V all except the right leg IV/III, decrease in pinprick sensation in the right thigh and leg
CT brain: 2.4 x 3.0 x3.1 well-defined heterogeneous extra-axial mass with extensive surrounding vasogenic edema involving left frontal and parietal lobes, corpus callosum, left internal capsule, and external capsule, causing mass effect, rightward midline shift
MRI brain as shown
The Histological section as picture below
Question 1: Give a diagnosis
Question 2: Tell me about course of the disease
Question 3: Describe the syndromes you may experience
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