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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Symptoms of thymic carcinoma include dull chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and constitutional symptoms like fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and malaise. | |||
==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
*The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass. | |||
The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass. The patients may complain of dull chest pain, cough, or dyspnea and constitutional symptoms such as [[fatigue]], [[anorexia]], [[weight loss]] and [[malaise]] | *The patients may complain of dull chest pain, cough, or dyspnea and constitutional symptoms such as [[fatigue]], [[anorexia]], [[weight loss]] and [[malaise]]. | ||
*Thmic carcinomas may cause [[pericardial effusion|pericardial]] and [[pleural effusions]], which may lead to respiratory symptoms such as [[shortness of breath]]. | |||
*There have been no report cases of [[myasthenia gravis]] associated with thymic carcinoma. | |||
*[[Superior vena cava syndrome]] may occur depending to the size of the tumor. | |||
There have been no report cases of [[myasthenia gravis]] associated with thymic carcinoma. [[Superior vena cava syndrome]] may occur depending to the size of the tumor. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [3]
Overview
Symptoms of thymic carcinoma include dull chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and constitutional symptoms like fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and malaise.
Symptoms
- The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass.
- The patients may complain of dull chest pain, cough, or dyspnea and constitutional symptoms such as fatigue, anorexia, weight loss and malaise.
- Thmic carcinomas may cause pericardial and pleural effusions, which may lead to respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath.
- There have been no report cases of myasthenia gravis associated with thymic carcinoma.
- Superior vena cava syndrome may occur depending to the size of the tumor.