Benign meningioma symptoms?

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Many readers ignore meningioma when they realize that it is a benign tumor. In fact, if it is not treated in time, the harm of meningioma will be very serious, even death. What is benign is well differentiated, slow growth, most of the tumors can be cured. Although meningioma is located first, the cure rate of benign meningioma is also very high. Let's look at the symptoms of benign meningioma?

Benign meningioma symptoms?

1. Visual impairment: visual impairment is the most common symptom of tuberculum sellae meningioma. Almost all patients have vision and visual field changes. More than 80% of the patients had the first symptom. The visual impairment was slow and progressive, lasting for months or years. In the early stage, one side of vision decreased with temporal visual field defect, unilateral visual impairment accounted for 55%, and then the contralateral optic nerve and optic chiasm compression showed binocular vision decreased or bilateral visual field defect, bilateral visual impairment accounted for 45%, finally leading to blindness. However, the changes of bilateral vision or visual field are often asymmetric and irregular. Even a few patients are blind on one side and normal on the other. These patients are often first diagnosed in ophthalmology. In addition, due to the compression of optic nerve and optic chiasm, primary atrophy of optic disc often occurs in the fundus, which can be as high as 80%. In the late stage, secondary fundus edema can also occur due to increased intracranial pressure.

2. Symptoms of involvement of adjacent structures: when affecting olfactory tract, one or both sides of olfactory tract will lose or disappear; when involving frontal lobe, drowsiness, memory loss, anxiety and other mental symptoms will occur; when pressing cavernous sinus, oculomotor nerve paralysis and exophthalmos will occur.

3. Pituitary and hypothalamic dysfunction: pituitary endocrine dysfunction and hypothalamic damage symptoms are rare, but when the tumor grows up and oppresses the pituitary, pituitary dysfunction symptoms can also occur, such as decreased sexual desire, impotence or amenorrhea; When the hypothalamus is involved, polyuria, obesity and sleepiness may also appear.

matters needing attention

Benign meningioma patients do not worry too much, generally speaking, is a reasonable diet, eat less fried food. Keep in shape.