What test can accurately detect teratoma

With the development of the economy, the environment has been continuously damaged, which has also led to an increase in the incidence of diseases. Coupled with the accelerated pace of life, people have little time to pay attention to their physical health, and are therefore more susceptible to diseases. Tumors are a disease with a very high incidence rate, and teratomas are a very peculiar tumor that should attract widespread attention. So, what tests can accurately detect teratomas?

Generally speaking, teratomas are mostly examined through imaging examinations, such as ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc. Because teratomas have abnormally differentiated tissues of three germ layers, the key to diagnosis is whether multiple tissue components can be seen in the lesion during the examination. Ovarian tuberculosis often invades both sides, and there are two types: peri-ovarian inflammation and oophoritis. It is mostly caused by direct spread or bloody dissemination of fallopian tube tuberculosis, and there is tuberculous granulation tissue on the surface of the ovary to form a local mass. However, your situation is basically certain that it is not an ovarian cyst, because cysts do not have this manifestation.
Color Doppler ultrasound examination has already reflected the general signs of the lesion, and CT scanning has a higher resolution ability and can show subtle density differences in tissues. "The density of the lesion is uneven" indicates that the texture of the lesion is different, representing multiple components, but the specific CT value should be measured to determine what kind of tissue it belongs to; "mass calcification shadows can be seen, and dot-like calcification shadows can be seen in the bilateral adnexal areas." Generally speaking, there are not many diseases that cause calcification in the ovaries, and the most common are ovarian teratomas and ovarian tuberculosis. The calcification of the former is due to the presence of three germ layers of tissue, and the calcification of the latter is mostly due to calcium salt deposition caused by caseous substances. In terms of the probability of occurrence, ovarian teratomas are relatively common, but generally unilateral diseases are the majority, while ovarian cysts are very rare, but both ovaries are easily affected when the disease occurs.
The suggestions are as follows: 1. First, the possibility of ovarian tuberculosis should be ruled out through examination, such as PPD test, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hysterosalpingography and other laboratory tests, which are helpful to understand the presence of tuberculosis; 2. If tuberculosis can be ruled out, the lesion can be further observed through CT enhanced scanning or MRI, which is more conducive to the qualitative diagnosis of teratoma. 3. When differentiation is difficult, surgical exploration and rapid freezing biopsy can be considered to facilitate the selection of treatment options.