Symptoms of vertebral malignant tumors

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We know that any disease is diagnosed in time at the early stage of onset, and receiving treatment is very beneficial to the control and recovery of the disease. Spinal tumor is the same disease, but in clinical practice, many patients are often misdiagnosed and missed diagnosis due to the lack of understanding of the clinical manifestations and early symptoms of spinal tumor, which finally brings some difficulties to the treatment, So what are the symptoms of vertebral malignancies? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of vertebral malignant tumors

Pain is the most common and main symptom in patients with spinal tumor. In 80% - 95% of primary spinal tumors, pain is the first symptom, sometimes the only symptom. The possible mechanisms of pain caused by spinal tumor include: infiltration and deterioration of bone (especially periosteal expansion), compression of bone lesion tissue, pathological fracture, instability of spinal segment, compression and erosion of spinal cord, nerve root or nerve plexus, etc.

Because spinal bone tumors mostly occur in the vertebral body, and the position of the vertebral body is deep, it is difficult to find on the body surface, so the patients with mass as the first manifestation are not common, mainly in the cervical spine or the tumor of the posterior spinal appendage structure. The mass of spinal malignant tumor grows rapidly, and it often oppresses the surrounding tissue, so it often has local pain and discomfort. Due to the existence of primary lesions and the high malignant degree of metastatic tumors, the metastatic tumors grow rapidly and are easy to induce spinal pain and neurological symptoms.

Spinal deformities caused by spinal tumors are not uncommon. The main mechanisms include: the destruction of vertebral body and (or) appendages by tumors; The spasmodic reaction of the surrounding tissues of the spine and the compression of the surrounding structures caused by the large volume of the tumor. For example, osteoid osteoma can often appear concave to the lesion side of the scoliosis deformity, and its scoliosis apex is the location of the lesion.

matters needing attention

For spinal tumors, surgical resection is recommended. If spinal stability is affected, spinal internal fixation should be performed at one stage to maintain spinal stability. For those with symptoms of spinal cord and nerve root compression, the operation should be performed under the operating microscope. Malignant tumors can be biopsied to confirm the pathology and treated with chemoradiotherapy or other methods according to the pathological nature. However, for malignant spinal tumors that affect the stability of the spine, tumor resection and spinal internal fixation can be performed to relieve symptoms and maintain the stability of the spine, so as to provide the basis for postoperative chemoradiotherapy. Rehabilitation treatment should be given to those with physical activity disorder.