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The physical examination plays a limited role in the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma. | The physical examination plays a limited role in the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma. nevertheless it is important to check general signs of health and signs of paraneoplastic syndromes that could be present in the neuroendocrine subtype. Some patients with thymic masses could have fullness in the lower part of the neck on palpation. Thymus tenderness is sometimes present on examination. Thymic mass is often present on examination. | ||
==Physical Examination== | ==Physical Examination== | ||
*The physical examination plays a limited role in the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma, nevertheless it is important to check general signs of health and signs of paraneoplastic syndromes that could be present in the neuroendocrine subtype. | *The physical examination plays a limited role in the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma, nevertheless it is important to check general signs of health and signs of paraneoplastic syndromes that could be present in the neuroendocrine subtype. | ||
*Some patients with thymic masses could have fullness in the lower part of the neck | *Some patients with thymic masses could have fullness in the lower part of the neck on palpation. | ||
*Thymus tenderness is sometimes present on examination. | |||
*Thymic mass is often present on examination.<ref name="pmid26320843">{{cite journal| author=Kim SH, Koh IS, Minn YK| title=Pathologic Finding of Thymic Carcinoma Accompanied by Myasthenia Gravis. | journal=J Clin Neurol | year= 2015 | volume= 11 | issue= 4 | pages= 372-5 | pmid=26320843 | doi=10.3988/jcn.2015.11.4.372 | pmc=4596109 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26320843 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The physical examination plays a limited role in the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma. nevertheless it is important to check general signs of health and signs of paraneoplastic syndromes that could be present in the neuroendocrine subtype. Some patients with thymic masses could have fullness in the lower part of the neck on palpation. Thymus tenderness is sometimes present on examination. Thymic mass is often present on examination.
Physical Examination
- The physical examination plays a limited role in the diagnosis of thymic carcinoma, nevertheless it is important to check general signs of health and signs of paraneoplastic syndromes that could be present in the neuroendocrine subtype.
- Some patients with thymic masses could have fullness in the lower part of the neck on palpation.
- Thymus tenderness is sometimes present on examination.
- Thymic mass is often present on examination.[1]
References
- ↑ Kim SH, Koh IS, Minn YK (2015). "Pathologic Finding of Thymic Carcinoma Accompanied by Myasthenia Gravis". J Clin Neurol. 11 (4): 372–5. doi:10.3988/jcn.2015.11.4.372. PMC 4596109. PMID 26320843.