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Symptoms of thymic carcinoma include dull [[chest pain]], [[cough]], [[dyspnea]], and constitutional symptoms. | Symptoms of thymic carcinoma include dull [[chest pain]], [[cough]], [[dyspnea]], and constitutional symptoms. The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass. | ||
==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== |
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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. The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass.
Symptoms
- The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass.[1][2]
- The patients may complain of dull chest pain, cough, dyspnea, and constitutional symptoms such as fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, and malaise.
- Thymic carcinomas may cause pericardial and pleural effusions, which may lead to respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath.
- Superior vena cava syndrome may occur depending to the size of the tumor.
References
- ↑ Akiyama T, Miyamoto Y, Nomoto D, Kiyozumi Y, Eto K, Hiyoshi Y; et al. (2019). "Laparoscopic dissection for pelvic lymph node recurrence of thymic carcinoma: A case report". Asian J Endosc Surg. doi:10.1111/ases.12688. PMID 30714349.
- ↑ Kouitcheu R, Appay R, Diallo M, Troude L, Melot A (2019). "A case of brain metastasis of a thymic carcinoma with a review of the literature". Neurochirurgie. doi:10.1016/j.neuchi.2018.09.004. PMID 30711259.