How should thymic cancer be examined?

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Thymic cancer disease, when everyone mentioned it, is very confused. They all know what this disease is about. They just know that this disease is very terrible. For this disease, we all fear it. In fact, when the disease comes, it is inevitable. When the disease comes, we can only accept it and try our best to treat it, The following experts for you to introduce about thymic cancer disease should do what examination? I hope you will pay attention to it after reading the above articles.

How should thymic cancer be examined?

First, immunohistochemical examination is the most important means to diagnose thymic cancer and differentiate thymic cancer from malignant thymoma, lung cancer and other malignant tumors. Most scholars have found that cytokeratin monoclonal antibody is positive for almost all thymic cancer through a large number of studies. And the application of different cytokeratin monoclonal antibodies is helpful to the diagnosis of thymic cancer subtypes.

The second is the chest X-ray examination. The most common manifestation is the solid mass. Most of the shadows are located in the thymus region of the anterior superior mediastinum, with different sizes, irregular shapes, dense and even density, which is a typical manifestation of solid mass. If the mass protrudes to one side of the chest, it may overlap with hilar and large vessel shadow. A few cases showed destruction of sternal bone.

Third, the last is CT scan, which has important value in judging whether thymic carcinoma has invasion and the degree of invasion. Most of the cases showed round or irregular mass in the anterior superior mediastinum, and could clearly show the degree of pleural effusion or pericardial effusion. Enhanced CT can clearly show the relationship between the mass and the great vessels, which has a very important reference value for the design of surgical scheme.

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I hope this article can help patients with thymic cancer. After reading the content of this article, we should pay more attention in the future. When there is a disease, we should go to the hospital for examination in time.