Thymic carcinoma history and 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.

Symptoms

• The symptoms are not specific and are related to a mediastinal mass.
• 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.