What are the symptoms of cervical lymphoma and how to identify them

Is cervical lymphoma the most common type of lymphoma? So, what are the symptoms of cervical lymphoma? How to distinguish them? Let me introduce them to you right away.

Lymphoma is a malignant tumor originating from the lymphatic hematopoietic system, which is mainly manifested by painless lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, involvement of various tissues and organs throughout the body, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats, weight loss, and itching.

A local manifestation

1. Lymph node enlargement: including superficial and deep lymph nodes, which are characterized by progressive and painless enlargement of lymph nodes without adhesion in the early stage and fusion in the late stage. Anti-inflammatory and anti-tuberculosis treatment is ineffective. Superficial lymph nodes are very common in the neck, followed by the axilla and abdominal groove. The mediastinum and abdominal aorta are very common in the deep part.

2 Local compression symptoms caused by swollen lymph nodes: mainly refers to deep lymph nodes, such as enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, which can compress the esophagus and cause dysphagia; compress the superior vena cava and cause superior vena cava syndrome; compress the trachea and cause cough, chest tightness, dyspnea and cyanosis.

2. Systemic symptoms

1 Fever: Fever type is irregular for many years, 38-39°C. Some patients may have continuous high fever or intermittent low fever, and a few patients may have periodic fever.

2 Weight loss: Most patients lose weight, with a reduction of more than 10% of their original weight within 6 months.

3 Night sweats: sweating at night or after sleeping.

Extranodal lesions

Lymphoma can invade all tissues and organs of the body. For example, infiltration of the liver and spleen causes liver swelling; infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract causes abdominal pain, bloating, intestinal obstruction and bleeding; infiltration of the lungs and pleura causes cough and pleural effusion; infiltration of bones causes bone pain and pathological fractures; infiltration of the skin causes skin itching and subcutaneous nodules; infiltration of the tonsils, mouth, nose and pharynx causes dysphagia, nasal congestion and nasal knots; infiltration of the nervous system causes spinal cord compression and cranial neuropathy.

If patients experience the above symptoms and signs, they should go to the hospital to check whether they have lymphoma.