Why is mediastinal teratoma hemoptysis?

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The mediastinum is divided into anterior, middle and posterior mediastinum. And mediastinal teratoma generally occurs in the anterior part, so it is called "anterior mediastinal teratoma". The anterior mediastinum is surrounded by honeycomb tissue. There are a few tumors closely adhered to the heart and large blood vessels. The growth of the tumor is relatively slow. Regardless of it, it can grow to a large volume. And when it is not big enough to make people feel oppressed, there are generally no obvious symptoms. It can be complicated with infection, bleeding and malignant lesions. Anterior mediastinal teratoma is a benign tumor, which can be found in both children and adults. Let's take a look at the following.

Why is mediastinal teratoma hemoptysis?

First, teratoma is a real tumor, which consists of two to three different layers of tissue. These organizations are mature and immature or mixed. And it is the most common type of mediastinal reproductive tumors. The incidence rate of male and female is the same, but most of the malignant cases are in young men.

Second: benign anterior mediastinal teratoma may not cause any discomfort even if the tumor is enlarged, but the tumor will continue to grow until the patient has discomfort. At that time, tumors in the body had grown very large. There will be serious problems, so radiotherapy or chemotherapy should be carried out immediately.

Third: anterior mediastinal teratoma growth is slow, did not reach a certain volume will not have obvious symptoms. The main symptoms of malignant patients are chest pain, cough and dyspnea. The swelling of the tumor will compress the surrounding tissues, prone to atelectasis, pneumonia and other symptoms, and weight loss and body fever.

matters needing attention

At ordinary times, the mood should be pleasant, not anxious, not too nervous, not angry and irritable. Exercise more, breathe more fresh air, eat more fruits and vegetables, actively cooperate with the treatment, understand the development and healing of the disease.