Symptoms depend on the location, type of tumor and your general health. Tumors that have spread to the spine from another site (metastatic tumors) often progress quickly. Primary tumors often progresses slowly over several weeks to several years.
Tumors of the spinal cord (intramedullary) usually cause symptoms, sometimes over large parts of the body. Tumors outside the spinal cord (extramedullary) may develop for a long time before causing nerve damage.
Symptoms may include:
Abnormal sensations, loss of sensation:
Especially in the legs (may be in the knee or ankle, with or without shooting pain in the leg)
It can get worse
Back pain:
Worsens over time
In every area - in the middle or lower back are the most common
Is usually severe and not relieved by analgesics
It is worse when lying down
Worse with exertion, coughing, sneezing
Can extend the hip, foot, or feet (or hands), or all of the arts
You can stay in the spine
Cold feeling in the legs, cool fingers or hands, or coolness in other areas
Fecal incontinence
Inability to hold urine leakage (urinary incontinence)
Muscle contractions or spasms (fasciculations)
Loss of muscle function
Muscle weakness (decreased muscle strength, not due to the exercise):
Causes falls..
Especially in the legs
Makes walking difficult
Could be worse (progressive)
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