Symptoms of malignancies that metastasize to the femur?

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Metastatic bone tumor refers to the primary malignant tumor in other parts of the body through a variety of ways to transfer to the bone and continue to grow in the bone. The primary tumor is easy to be found because of its definite diagnosis and metastasis to bone after treatment. So, what are the symptoms of malignancies that metastasize to the femur? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of malignancies that metastasize to the femur?

(1) Pain is the most common symptom, early pain is lighter, from intermittent to persistent, serious is easy to attract attention, light is ignored. Located in the spine can be manifested as waist, chest, back, rib chest, neck pain. In thoracic vertebrae, unilateral or bilateral intercostal neuralgia is common. Abdominal pain can be seen in the lumbar spine. The characteristics of pain often change and the brake is ineffective. The degree of pain is more and more serious, and the progress is rapid. The patients located in the pelvis often have pain in the medial femur of the hip joint; The patients located in the upper end of femur and humerus often have joint dysfunction.

(2) It is not easy to find bone metastases in the early stage. The mass reflects only local pain. About 5% of the patients were diagnosed with mass. The rare tumor near the joint can cause joint dysfunction. When the tumor is enlarged near the important nerves, it may have more or less compression symptoms, resulting in numbness, muscle weakness or atrophy. In many cases, bone lesions are found only when pathological fractures occur.

(3) Compression symptoms spinal metastases tumor soon appear spinal cord cauda equina or nerve root compression symptoms, root neuralgia, hypoesthesia, muscle weakness and even paralysis, often accompanied by sphincter dysfunction. 50% of the patients were hospitalized due to paralysis. In the pelvis can cause rectum, bladder compression symptoms, appear defecation dysfunction. It can also cause compression of blood vessels and nerve trunks.

matters needing attention

Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, biotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine are used according to the specific situation, and surgery can be used when necessary. After the diagnosis of metastatic bone tumor, comprehensive treatment should be used in time. The treatment of primary tumor is the main link in the whole treatment. Bone lesions can be removed by surgery, local radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy. Bone complications such as pathological fractures should be treated in time.