What are the symptoms of spinal lymphoma

Lymphoma is a disgusting tumor. In the early stages of lymphoma, it is difficult to detect and may be misdiagnosed or missed. In this case, by the time lymphoma is discovered, it is already in the middle or late stages. This not only brings a lot of difficulties to treatment, but also has serious effects on the patient's physical and mental health. There are also many symptoms when suffering from cervical spine lymphoma.

1. Pain:

Pain is the most common and main symptom in patients with spinal tumors. In 80% to 95% of primary spinal tumors, pain is the first symptom and sometimes the only symptom at the time of diagnosis. Possible mechanisms of pain caused by spinal tumors include: bone infiltration and destruction (especially expansion of the periosteum), compression of bone lesions, pathological fractures, spinal vertebral instability, compression and erosion of the spinal cord, nerve roots or plexuses, etc.

2. Lumps:

Because spinal bone tumors mostly occur in the vertebral bodies, which are located deep and difficult to find on the body surface, patients with lumps as the first manifestation are uncommon. These tumors are mainly seen in the cervical spine or the posterior accessory structures of the spine. The masses of malignant spinal tumors grow rapidly and often compress the surrounding tissues, so local pain and discomfort are common. Metastatic spinal tumors are often discovered before they form larger masses due to the existence of primary lesions, the fact that metastatic tumors are generally more malignant, grow more rapidly, and are more likely to induce spinal pain and neurological symptoms.

3. Deformity:

Spinal deformities caused by spinal tumors are not uncommon. The main mechanisms include: tumor damage to the vertebral body and (or) appendages; spasmodic reaction of tissues around the spine; and compression of surrounding structures by the large size of the tumor. For example, osteoid osteoma often presents with scoliotic deformity that is concave toward the side of the lesion, and the apex of the scoliosis is often the location of the lesion.

4. Neurological dysfunction:

Spinal nerve compression can be caused by direct invasion of the tumor itself or secondary to deformity caused by tumor destruction of bony structures. Since spinal tumors are mainly located in the vertebral bodies, they often compress the pyramidal tract or anterior horn cells from the front, so the first manifestation is often motor function impairment. The clinical symptoms vary depending on the degree and location of compression of the spinal nerves, such as anterior horn syndrome, posterior horn syndrome and hemisection syndrome.

5. Systemic symptoms of spinal tumors:

The systemic symptoms of patients with early spinal tumors are not obvious. The appearance of systemic symptoms is usually a late manifestation of patients with primary malignant tumors and metastatic tumors. Anemia, weight loss, low fever, fatigue, etc. are clinical manifestations of typical cachexia.