Early symptoms of thymoma

Once problems occur in the thymus, an important immune organ in the human body, the consequences can be quite serious. At the beginning, the symptoms of thymoma are not very obvious. As time goes by, the thymoma grows larger and larger, causing obvious discomfort in the chest and serious complications. It is necessary to detect abnormalities early and treat them. So, what are the early symptoms of thymoma? Let’s take a look below.

The clinical symptoms of thymoma arise from the compression of surrounding organs and the unique symptoms of the tumor itself - the combined syndrome. Small thymomas are often asymptomatic and difficult to detect. When the tumor grows to a certain size, common symptoms are chest pain, chest tightness, cough, and discomfort in the anterior chest. Symptoms last for a long time, and some patients may have mediastinal tumor shadows during X-ray examination or chest X-ray or chest radiography. The neglected thymoma often grows to a considerable size at this time, compressing the innominate vein or presenting with symptoms of superior vena cava obstruction syndrome. Severe chest pain, rapid worsening of symptoms in a short period of time, severe irritating cough, dyspnea caused by pleural effusion, palpitations and shortness of breath caused by pericardial effusion, and pain in joints and bones throughout the body all indicate the possibility of malignant thymoma. The unique manifestation of thymoma is the combination of certain syndromes, such as myasthenia gravis, simple red cell aplasia, hypoglobulinemia, nephritis nephrotic syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, megaesophagus, etc.