What are the symptoms of spinal cord tumors?

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Spinal cord tumor is a kind of disease which does great harm to people. It can lead to compression of spinal cord and cauda equina. Many people often have low back pain, but they do not go to the hospital for diagnosis. They think that it is only the cervical and lumbar diseases that lead to the delay of the disease. What are the symptoms of spinal cord tumor? Now let's talk about it.

What are the symptoms of spinal cord tumors?

The main symptoms of spinal cord tumors are astrocytoma and ependymoma, accounting for about 20% of all spinal cord tumors. Intramedullary tumors tend to invade multiple segments of the spinal cord. Muscle atrophy was often seen, and pyramidal tract sign appeared later and was not significant. Sphincter dysfunction may occur early, hemisection syndrome is rare, and cerebrospinal fluid changes are not obvious.

Extramedullary tumors include intradural and epidural tumors. The former is common in meningioma (including neurofibroma), meningioma, accounting for about 55% of all spinal cord tumors. The latter accounts for 25%. Extramedullary tumor involving spinal cord segment is generally less. Most of them have no muscle atrophy, but when the cauda equina tumor is advanced, the muscle atrophy of lower limbs is obvious. Sphincter dysfunction usually occurs in the late stage, often accompanied by incomplete hemisection syndrome. Cerebrospinal fluid changes appear earlier, the more complete the obstruction is, and the higher the protein level is.

The symptoms of spinal cord tumor may involve the 11th and 12th cranial nerves, compress the posterior column, and cause position sense, tremor sense and light tactile disturbance.

matters needing attention

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