Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- miastenia gravis
- fraqueza muscular
- edema facial e de membros superiores
- pletora facial
- veias dilatadas no pescoço e parede torácica e/ou abdominal
- edema no braço esquerdo
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- tosse
- dispneia
- febre e/ou perda de peso
Fatores de risco
- história de miastenia gravis
- idade >45 anos
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- radiografia torácica
- tomografia computadorizada (TC) do tórax com meio de contraste intravenoso
Investigações a serem consideradas
- ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) do tórax
- biópsia tecidual
- anticorpos contra o receptor da acetilcolina
- Hemograma completo
- tomografia por emissão de pósitrons/tomografia computadorizada (PET/TC)
- alfafetoproteína sérica (AFP)
- gonadotrofina coriônica humana beta sérica (beta-hCG)
Algoritmo de tratamento
tumor ressecável
tumor localmente avançado
tumor recorrente
Colaboradores
Autores
Douglas Z. Liou, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford
CA
Declarações
DZL declares that he has no competing interests.
Joseph B. Shrager, MD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Medical Director, Thoracic Oncology CCP
Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford
CA
Declarações
JBS declares that he has no competing interests.
Nathaniel J. Myall, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford
CA
Declarações
NJM declares that he has no competing interests.
Kavitha Ramchandran, MD
Professor of Medical Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine / Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford
CA
Declarações
KR has been compensated for consulting services by Varian Medical Systems and Curio Bioscience. She has served on the advisory council for Group Well and Pathomiq and has received honorarium from the Binaytara Foundation for speaking at a conference.
Lucas Kas Vitzthum, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiation Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford
CA
Declarações
LKV has received research funding from RefleXion Medical.
Agradecimentos
Dr Douglas Z. Liou, Dr Joseph B. Shrager, Dr Nathaniel J. Myall, Dr Kavitha Ramchandran, and Dr Lucas Kas Vitzthum would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Tracey Evans, Dr Nicholas Choong, Dr Mario Gasparri, and Dr Cameron Wright, previous contributors to this topic.
Declarações
TE has received consultancy fees from Genentech and Celgene. She is a board member of Wissahickon Hospice. Educational events include an annual thoracic educational series sponsored by Imedex. NC and MG declare that they have no competing interests. CW is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Revisores
Enrico Ruffini, MD
Associate Professor
Thoracic Surgery
University of Torino
Torino
Italy
Declarações
ER is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
James R. Jett, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
National Jewish Health
Denver
CO
Declarações
JRJ is co-editor of the section on thymoma in Up To Date. He is also co-chief medical officer for Biodesix Inc.
Diagnósticos diferenciais
- Linfoma
- Tumor mediastinal maligno de células germinativas: seminoma
- Tumor mediastinal de células germinativas: não seminoma
Mais Diagnósticos diferenciaisDiretrizes
- NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: thymomas and thymic carcinomas
- Surgical, radiation, and systemic treatments of patients with thymic epithelial tumours
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