What tests are needed to diagnose fibroids

Nowadays, the prevalence of fibroids is very high. Fibroids have a certain impact on people's work and life. If you feel unwell, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. If fibroids are confirmed, what examinations need to be done? Let's learn about it together!

(1) Ordinary X-ray examination: Chest X-ray fluoroscopy and filming are simple and easy to detect lung masses. X-ray examination is also required for the diagnosis of bone, nasopharyngeal and paranasal sinus fibroma. Gastrointestinal barium radiography is required for digestive tract fibroma. Urinary tract and biliary tract angiography is helpful for the diagnosis of urinary tract fibroma and biliary tract fibroma. Early diagnosis of breast fibroma is also inseparable from X-ray examination. In addition, angiography of various parts also requires X-ray examination.

(2) Type B ultrasound examination: It can display the morphology and activity status of human soft tissues. It is harmless, painless, inexpensive and easy to operate. It is the preferred diagnostic method for initial screening of fibroids, especially for fibroids of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, thyroid and urogenital system.

(3) Radionuclide examination: Commonly used radionuclides in clinical practice include 32P, 131I, 198Au, 113In, 99Tc, 67Ga, etc. For example, when 198Au is used to diagnose liver cancer, it can show a filling defect area or space-occupying lesions at the lesion site; when 67Ga is used to diagnose lung cancer, a concentrated radioactive "hot zone" can be seen at the lesion site. However, radionuclide examination is not the only specific diagnosis of fibroids, because liver cysts and liver abscesses can also have space-occupying lesions, and lung inflammation can also show "hot zones" of radioactive concentration. Therefore, it must be combined with other clinical examinations and a comprehensive analysis to make a correct diagnosis. Now 99Tc is commonly used for whole-body bone imaging, which can detect bone metastasis and primary bone fibroma at an early stage.

(4) CT: The anatomical images have high spatial resolution and contrast resolution. Cross-sectional tomography can avoid image overlap and can detect early smaller fibroids. In particular, it can directly display the anatomical structure of the abdominal solid organs. For example, the clinical diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is very difficult. With CT, the diagnosis rate can be greatly improved.

Each doctor will have his own ideas, and you don't have to do all of them. The above examinations can provide you with a reference so as not to think that the doctor is charging you excessively or to avoid the doctor charging excessively. Finally, patients diagnosed with fibroids should maintain a good attitude and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, and recover soon.