What are the symptoms of malignant bone tumors?

Bone tumors are mostly benign, but there are also malignant, the latter is more dangerous and can often threaten people's lives, and bone tumors only have local changes in the early stage, but the symptoms are also very mild and not taken seriously. So, what are the early symptoms of bone tumors? Pain In the case of minor trauma or no trauma, obvious pain in the bone and joint, especially at night, or severe pain, progressive worsening in months, ineffective painkillers, this is an early symptom of bone tumors, in the case of excluding acute and chronic inflammation, the possibility of early tumors should be suspected.

Lumps are local masses in bones and joints that grow rapidly. If the mass has varying degrees of adhesion to adjacent tissues, is poorly mobile, has a hard texture, has an ill-defined border (as opposed to a benign osteoma), is tender, and has an uneven tumor surface, early radiographs should be taken to confirm the diagnosis. Signs There is a marked change in color and is accompanied by venous distention.

The above describes the early symptoms of bone tumor, which are all dangerous signs of malignant bone tumor, as long as one of them is present, it should be highly valued and go to the hospital for further examination in time.

Osteoma is the most common benign bone tumor that occurs in the skull, and can be treated symptomatically for mild symptoms** without surgical resection; If the tumor grows rapidly or continues to grow in adulthood, surgery is needed. If the malignant tumor has metastasized to the bone, there is usually bone pain. In the early stages, there are usually no symptoms, and bone isotope scanning (ECT) can detect diseased bones early.

Bone tumors are tumors that occur above the bones, which can be divided into primary benign bone tumors, bone cysts, chondromas, chondrodromas, etc., as well as malignant bone tumors, such as osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, etc.

Different tumors have different methods, if it is a benign tumor in most cases, it can be resected locally, if it is a malignant tumor, it is necessary to consider amputation or limb salvage surgery, and adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy is required after surgery to improve the rate as much as possible.

Bone and joint pain, bony masses, and dysfunction are considered to be the three main symptoms of bone tumors, especially malignant bone tumors.

1. Pain: In the case of slight trauma or no trauma, there is obvious pain in the bones and joints, especially at night, with a tendency of progressive aggravation, and painkillers are ineffective. Pain is the most prominent symptom of a rapidly growing tumor, and pain does not necessarily indicate that the tumour is malignant, and some benign tumours, such as osteoid osteoma, can cause pain in response to bone growth.

The pain is sudden and intense, most likely due to a pathological fracture.

2. Lumps: Generally, lumps appear in the bones and joints, and slow-growing tumors or tumor-like lesions rarely have obvious swelling, and they are not found until dysfunction or pathological fractures. Benign tumors often present as solid masses without tenderness; Rapidly growing malignant tumors are diffuse swelling with adhesions to adjacent tissues, poor mobility, hard texture, unclear boundaries (as opposed to benign bone tumors), and uneven and tender tumor surfaces.

3. Dysfunction and compression symptoms: If the tumor is close to the joint, the activity function will be limited, and the activity will be painful, and there will be swelling and tenderness. Tumors that occur in the spine, whether benign or malignant, can compress the spinal cord and cause paralysis.

In addition, there can also be signs of ** and local blood vessels: if the tumor has abundant blood vessels, **color may change significantly, ** fever and superficial venous distension.