Commonly used examination methods for teratoma

A teratoma is a deformed tumor, which is generally benign, so there is no need to worry. If it is not particularly large or suddenly increases in size, it is generally okay and no surgery is required. If the teratoma suddenly increases in size, you must go to the hospital for surgery as soon as possible, and do not delay to avoid causing serious illness. So what are the commonly used examination methods for teratoma?

Commonly used examination methods for teratoma

1. Physical examination or gynecological examination pelvic B-ultrasound discovery. The best way to detect teratoma is through ultrasound examination.

2. Acute abdominal pain. Ovarian teratoma may cause ovarian torsion and necrosis, which manifests as severe pain and corresponding local symptoms. If the teratoma is secondary infected and has intracystic bleeding, it can often rapidly increase in size, with obvious local tenderness, accompanied by fever, anemia, shock and other symptoms.

3. Menstrual abnormalities. Teratoma may cause menstrual abnormalities, such as irregular cycles, heavy or light menstruation.

4. Discovered during cesarean section. For some obese or pregnant people, it is not easy to find teratomas during B-ultrasound. Therefore, some women find teratomas in their abdomen during cesarean section, and the doctor will remove the teratoma.

5. Discovery of long-term infertility examination. Some women have been infertile for many years after marriage, and only found out that it was teratoma when they went to the hospital for examination.

6. Feeling a bulge. Some people's teratomas have grown very large, with a big belly. Young women think they are "accidentally pregnant" and older women think they are gaining weight. Once they go to the hospital for a checkup, the disguised teratoma is exposed.

7. Spine X-rays show a large or obvious widening of the intervertebral cavity, narrow pedicles at the site of the lesion, widened distance between pedicles, concavity of the posterior edge of the vertebral body, and in some cases, manifestations of spina bifida.

8. CT and MRI have obvious advantages in diagnosing teratomas, and both can better show the heterogeneity of tumors. On MRI images, teratomas appear as mixed signals, often with intact cyst walls, rich in fat signals, with or without intratumoral enhancement nodules, and usually, in addition to the tumor, are often accompanied by spina bifida or vertebral dysplasia.