Symptoms of sarcoma - what they are

Sarcoma - or a meat tumor is a group of malignant tumors consisting of immature connective tissues. Sarcoma is characterized by features of cancerous tumors. Namely: the emergence again after removal, infiltrating growth, provoking the destruction of neighboring tissues, the early occurrence of metastases.

The fundamental difference between a sarcoma and a cancer tumor is that cancerous tumors only occur in epithelial elements, while the sarcoma belongs to a group of connective tissue elements. In other words, the disease can develop where there are connective tissues. In addition, the disease spreads through the blood vessels, and cancer - through the lymph. In many ways, the symptoms of sarcoma are also different.

Types of sarcomas

There are the following types of ailment:

• sarcoma of bones;
• soft tissue;
• and also there are complex types of this disease, it is still impossible to classify.

These can be attributed to Kaposi's sarcoma. Occurs this disease in our country is rare. And the most common among men is the Mediterranean race and equatorial Africa.

Kaposi's sarcoma affects the skin or dermis. The herpes virus provokes the disease. Very often this species is observed in HIV-infected men. Kaposi's sarcoma: its symptoms are manifested in old age, it is usually a tumor on the back of the feet, soles, less often it affects the hands, the skin of the face.

Division into subtypes of

Within each species there is a division into subspecies. To sarcoma of bones are such varieties as fibrosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, circlet-cell form, lymphosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma. Sarcoma of soft tissues has the following subspecies: synovial, liposarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, angiosarcoma, neurogenic sarcoma, myogenic.

In addition, this disease is classified according to the speed of spread. One of the dynamically developing sarcomas is osteogenic.

Osteogenic: its symptoms manifest at the age of 10 to 30 years, the tumor is extremely dangerous, characterized by early metastases. This is the most frequently observed variety of malignant tumors.

Symptoms of this disease by types

Each species and subspecies of sarcomas have certain symptoms and manifestations. Symptoms and characteristics of the course of the disease mainly depend on the type of the original cell tissue, as well as on the localization of the neoplasm. A common symptom for most varieties of sarcoma is the presence of a tumor that grows in size.

Soft tissue sarcoma: its symptoms manifest more clearly than bones. The first sign of sarcoma of the bone is the causeless nocturnal pain in the legs. In this case, analgesics do not give any effect.

Each subspecies is characterized by a complex of signs and manifestations. For example, Ewing's sarcoma: its symptoms consist in the presence of progressive pains of the lower extremities, since this is the type of sarcoma that affects them. At the first stage of the disease, there is a non-subsiding pain that intensifies at night, then a tumor begins to be probed, subsequently affecting the nearby joint, and a disruption of movement gradually occurs.

In the area of ​​the appearance of the tumor on the skin, swelling and redness are also observed, there is a fever with fever. Of the most metastases of the skeleton, the spine is most often affected.

Sarcoma of the spine: its symptoms have the same manifestations as the sarcoma of the bone as a whole. Primary signs may be pain in the spine, reminiscent of pain in radiculitis, which sometimes leads to incorrect diagnosis.

Diagnosis is the study of patient complaints, as well as in mandatory radiographic histological studies. As for the methods of treatment of this disease, in the last 10 years, in the treatment of bone sarcoma, there is some progress, expressed in the recovery of patients in the local stage of the disease.