Symptoms of pleural mesothelioma
malignant pleural mesothelioma symptoms:
- pain in the chest and the back side
- shortness of breath and husky voice
- coughing up blood
- swelling of the upper limbs and face
- trouble swallowing saliva and food
- moderate and severe cough
- significant weight loss
- weakness and lethargy of the body
- constant sweating
- high temperature (up to 38 degrees).
The most common symptom is enough - pleurisy (when the fluid is in the pleural cavity).
Cancer of the pleura (pleural mesothelioma) is a malignant tumor. Subject to this disease are people who work with asbestos is 1000 times more often than the average person.
Diagnostics
The diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma remains a challenge for clinicians and pathologists. The correct diagnosis is possible only when the joint work of doctors of different directions.
For a correct diagnosis is necessary to:
- Clinical examination
- X-ray examination
- Endoscopic examination
- Histological examination
When used together, all the above methods of diagnosis is possible to achieve a positive result!
The most reliable method of diagnosis at the moment - it thoracoscopy Thoracoscopy is an endoscopy study that is gaining increasing popularity among experienced thoracic surgeons and pulmonologists. The validity of this diagnostic method is 90-95%. Thoracoscopy can be performed with local anesthesia and light sedation or to avoid contamination of the tumor using general anesthesia, as well as a special two-channel tube, provide separate ventilation.Thoracoscopy allows you to fully consider the affected half of the chest and directly estimate the prevalence of tumor metastasis. Biopsy macroscopically suspicious area is carried out under direct visual control. In preparation for the radical surgery is necessary to conduct targeted biopsy to determine the infiltration of the tumor to nearby anatomical structures and predterapevticheskoogo determine the stage of the disease.Thoracoscopy is very well tolerated by patients, has low cost and has many benefits, as well as the high sensitivity of up to 90%.
The most reliable method of diagnosis at the moment - it thoracoscopy Thoracoscopy is an endoscopy study that is gaining increasing popularity among experienced thoracic surgeons and pulmonologists. The validity of this diagnostic method is 90-95%. Thoracoscopy can be performed with local anesthesia and light sedation or to avoid contamination of the tumor using general anesthesia, as well as a special two-channel tube, provide separate ventilation.Thoracoscopy allows you to fully consider the affected half of the chest and directly estimate the prevalence of tumor metastasis. Biopsy macroscopically suspicious area is carried out under direct visual control. In preparation for the radical surgery is necessary to conduct targeted biopsy to determine the infiltration of the tumor to nearby anatomical structures and predterapevticheskoogo determine the stage of the disease.Thoracoscopy is very well tolerated by patients, has low cost and has many benefits, as well as the high sensitivity of up to 90%.
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