SBPS
Case Histories for the Meeting of February 2nd, 2009
SB 5251 Amirkaveh Mojtahed, M.D. Stanford Medical Center (SHS-08-37012)
Five year old female with recurrent hemoptysis.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5252 Kim Evanson, M.D. and Charles Zaloudek M.D. UCSF Medical Center (S08-7882)
49 yr old female with multiple lung nodules. The patient had a hysterectomy more than 20 years ago.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5253 John Collin, M.D. El Camino Hospital (S08-12726)
74 yr old female with clinical history of breast carcinoma presents with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5254 Bob Freedman, M.D. Regional Medical Center of San Jose (SP-08-4353)
80 year old woman with a mass in the right hip. Past medical history includes a right radical mastectomy for breast cancer 33 years ago.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5255 Jason Karamchandani, M.D., Hannes Vogel, M.D. Stanford Medical Center (SHS-08-23674)
15 month old female with right sided focal seizures and a left frontal lesion. CT and MRI scans show a 1.6 cm, calcified, enhancing intraaxial lesion in the left frontal lobe. The radiologic diffential diagnosis includes low grade neoplasms such as ganglioglioma and oligodendroglioma.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5256 John Walsh, M.D. Kaiser Walnut Creek (S08-25130)
57 yr old female with a 1.3 cm right mid-thyroid nodule.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5257 Chandra Krishnan, M.D., Stanford Medical Center (SHS-08-37684
)80 yr old female with peripheral lymphocytosis and enlarging lymphadenopathy.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5258 Reardon West, M.D. Good Samaritan Hospital (OP08-14790)
47 yr old woman with foot pain undergoes surgery for excision of Morton’s neuroma.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5259 Shaku Nagpal, M.D. O’Connor hospital (S08-5696)
41 yr old female with history of chronic abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhea. She has left ureteral obstruction witth hydronephrosis and is S/P stenting of that ureter. Past history of TAH/BSO for dermoid cyst of right ovary. The patient now presents with a retroperitoneal mass. At surgery, two portions of soft tissue measuring 5.5 cm and 3.5 cm are resected.
DIAGNOSIS:
SB 5260 Kim Evanson, M.D. and Andrew Horvai, M.D. UCSF Medical Center (WEBCASE)
11 year old girl with no significant past medical history presented to outside hospital with right distal fibular bone and soft tissue mass. Imaging and initial biopsy were performed and the patient was subsequently treated with chemotherapy at the outside facility. The mass decreased slightly in size. The patient was referred to UCSF for resection.
DIAGNOSIS:
Message to South Bay members:
Please bring in cases to the next meeting! Any old pill bottles and caps from previous mailings would also be greatly appreciated.Position sought: Laurel Waters MD, FCAP, FASCP, Board Certified Anatomic, Clinical & Pediatric Pathology & Nuclear Medicine. Cell (925) 457-3664; lwatersmd@sbcglobal.net.
C.V. received: Jeffrey A. McDavit, M.D. AP/CP + surgical pathology fellowship training at USC Medical Center. Currently doing bone and soft tissue pathology fellowship at U Pittsburgh Med Center. (626) 840-1883
The SOUTH BAY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The SOUTH BAY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY take responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity. The SOUTH BAY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 hours AMA PRA Category I Credit(s). Physicians should only claim commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education. (One hour for slide study prior to the meeting and one hour for attending the educational meeting).
JOSH SICKEL, M.D.
REGISTRAR, SOUTH BAY PATHOLOGY SOCIETY
EL CAMINO HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
2500 GRANT ROAD
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040