"Brother Zhang, should we conduct a comprehensive ovarian examination for the patient? I'm wondering if we missed a teratoma because it's too small to be detected?" Liu Banxia pulled Zhang Xiao aside.
"I considered the case you treated before too. But it's hard to make that call because the symptoms are so ambiguous. Even if we conduct an MRI, we might not be able to find it," Zhang Xiao said. "The teratoma antibody wasn't detected, and her intracranial pressure is normal. Unless we perform an intraoperative ultrasound of both ovaries, but we can't just rely on guesses."
Liu Banxia grimaced. That was indeed the situation. Intraoperative ultrasounds weren't taken lightly, and even if we went the extra mile for it, how would we explain it to the patient if nothing showed up? Given the patient's mental state, wasn't that kind of examination too rash?
"Doctor, is there any other way?" the patient's husband spoke up at this point.
