Benign spinal tumors are tumors that form in the spine or in the spinal cord. They include three types and cause a number of symptoms to appear on the patient, including feeling pain in the back area at night, muscle weakness, and difficulty walking. There are cases of urinary and fecal incontinence, and this happens with late medical cases, but dealing with this problem correctly and visiting a specialist doctor within Al Mousa Health Hospital is the best and ideal solution to treat this difficult condition immediately. 

What are benign spinal tumors?

Benign spinal tumors are not classified as cancer, but they require removal, because they sometimes cause symptoms in the patient, and in some cases they cause pressure on the spinal area, and they usually have clear boundaries and incentives, as they do not infiltrate into healthy tissue. 

These tumors were detected and explained that they are an abnormal mass of tissue that is growing and multiplying in an uncontrolled way. This is inside or around the spinal cord or inside and around the spine. In addition, this mass is not subject to the mechanisms that control the growth of normal cells in the body. These benign tumors that affect the spine are treated in ways that depend on many factors. 

If there are no symptoms after the tumor and the appearance of the mass, there should be a waiting time and no surgery should be performed. Rather, it is important to monitor the growth of the tumor to ensure that it is growing slowly.

Types of benign spinal tumors

Benign spinal tumors are classified into several types, which are as follows:

Tumors by location

• First, intramedullary tumors: These benign tumors grow in the spinal cord from the inside, or their growth is in the area of ​​the nerves that extend from the spinal cord. Many times, the tumors are located in the upper part of the spine or the neck. It is noteworthy that the benign tumors that occupy the spinal cord are difficult to remove and the reason for this is their location.

• Secondly, intradural and extraspinal tumors: These tumors are located outside the spinal cord area, but they are located inside the dura. It is difficult to remove these tumors through surgery, and it is reported that they reappear again after treatment.

• Third, extradural tumors: These are classified as the most common and widespread benign spinal tumors. These tumors form outside the spinal cord and dura in the bones and cartilage of the vertebrae.

Classification of benign vertebral tumors 

• Hemangioma.
• Osteoid osteoma.
• Osteocyst tumor.
• Chondroblastoma.
• Osteochondroma.
• Osteoblastoma.

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Causes of benign spinal tumors

Benign spinal tumors do not have clear causes. However, there are studies that have revealed the existence of possible reasons that lead to the appearance of these tumors, which are as follows:

• Inherited genetic defects: What is meant by inherited genetic defects that develop over time, and these defects result from multiple causes, including environmental causes, such as exposure to certain chemicals, for example.

• Known hereditary syndromes: examples include neurofibromatosis type III and von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Symptoms of benign spinal tumors

When a person is afflicted with benign spinal tumors, a number of symptoms appear, which we reveal as follows:

• Feeling pain in the back, especially when this pain is concentrated in the middle and lower back, and increases when doing activity, and when the injured person lies down at night, the severity of the pain increases, and the pain even spreads to the area behind the back, then to the hips, legs, feet, or to the arms, and the pain becomes more severe over time.
• The sensation of pain, heat and cold decreases.
• Suffering from a defect in bowel or bladder function.
• Stiffness in the neck area.
• Stiffness in the back area.
• Tingling feeling.
• Exposure to convulsions of varying degrees.
• Scoliosis, which means lateral curvature or a type of deformity affecting the spine, due to a tumor.
• Structures were destroyed.
• Feeling pain when pressing.
• Feeling pain without any effort.
• Spinal instability.
• Disorders in the bladder and rectum.
• Occurrence of nervous disorders.

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Appearance of a lump in the back

The appearance of a mass in the back is a tumor that affects the vertebrae and may occur specifically in the bones of the spine and is called a myeloma. It has been noted that there are tumors in the vertebrae that are cancerous, that is, malignant, and tumors that are not cancerous, that is, benign. Tumors that begin in the bones of the spine but have not spread elsewhere are rare, and this tumor is called primary bone tumors. 

When a tumor or mass in the back is benign or malignant, the patient receives the appropriate treatment for the condition, including surgery and radiotherapy, and there are medications such as chemotherapy. The patient may not need to receive immediate treatment if the tumors are small and slow growing. 

Treatment is provided according to the type of tumor and its location in the spine. It is important to note that the symptoms of spinal tumors are similar to symptoms caused by other medical conditions, and the majority of back pain is not the result of a tumor. Therefore, it is important to visit a doctor if the back pain continues and gets worse over time.

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Benign spinal tumor

People complain of the presence of a tumor in one of the parts of the spine, but they are unable to determine the cause of the tumor and whether it is a malignant or benign tumor, or to determine whether the tumor is fixed or metastatic. In the case of a benign tumor, diagnosis and treatment are made as follows:

Methods of diagnosing benign spinal tumor

• Examine the patient's medical history.
• Do a comprehensive physical examination.
• Do a neurological examination.
• Do an X-ray.
• MRI and CT scan.
• تصوير النخاع.
• Do a bone scan.
• Positron emission tomography (PET) scan.
• الخزعة.

How to treat a benign spinal tumor 

• العلاج الكيميائي.
• Radiotherapy, including new developments in therapeutic radiation represented by guided proton therapy.
• Treatment by complete surgical removal of the tumor.
• Treatment with partial tumor resection.
• Treatment with stimulants helps relieve back pain.

How do you know that a tumor is benign?

Benign tumors can be identified through procedures such as blood tests, imaging tests, mammograms, CT scans or magnetic resonance imaging. It is also examined by ultrasound and X-rays as well, and this is done with the follow-up of the specialist doctor who directs the patient towards important procedures.

What causes a small lump in the back?

Finding a solid mass in the back may indicate a benign tumor. It is rare for it to be an indication of a cancerous tumor, but it is necessary to visit a specialist doctor in order to perform all examinations, analyses, all pictures and biopsies, in order to determine the cause of the solid mass in this place, while avoiding serious complications.

What does a benign bone tumor look like?

Benign bone tumors come in the form of growths that appear on the surface of the bone and take the form of a solid mass. It is possible for a person to develop one bone tumor or a number of tumors. However, these tumors are not worrisome because they are of the non-cancerous type.

Benign spinal tumors are medical conditions that require special treatment so that the patient feels comfortable, whether before or after treatment, including practicing alternative medicine, represented by acupuncture. The patient must be aware of everything related to the tumor he has, the treatment methods used, and the rate of development of the condition, in addition to paying attention to his physical health by following a balanced diet, with the necessity of taking adequate rest. Al Mousa Health Hospital provides you with all therapeutic support under the supervision of a group of the best doctors in various medical specialties. 

Sources 

Spinal Tumors – clevelandclinic

Benign tumors of the spine – pubmed