Are cremaster tumors benign or malignant, what happens to benign ones and what happens to malignant ones? Whenever you have a tumor, you are very worried about whether it is benign or malignant. Most of the cremaster tumors are benign tumors, so as long as they can be removed, there is basically no effect. However, some benign tumors are in special locations, and there may be many important nerves and blood vessels around them, so complete removal is a very difficult technical task. Malignant tumors only account for 10% of cremaster tumors, or even a little less, but the efficacy can be very different. Generally speaking, malignant tumors are difficult to remove completely, and the remaining tumor cells are likely to resurface. For example, cremaster glioma, metastatic cremaster tumor, etc. How to determine whether a cremaster medullary tumor is benign or malignant? Theoretically, the benignity or malignancy of a tumor can only be determined through pathological examination. However, with the advanced development of medical imaging, most cremaster medullary tumors can be roughly determined as benign or malignant by imaging results and the characteristics of the patient’s condition before surgery. Generally speaking, most benign tumors grow independently with clear borders to surrounding tissues and patients have milder symptoms; malignant tumors tend to be entangled with surrounding tissues, as well as obvious edema, and their conditions develop faster and become more severe. Although the benign and malignant nature of the tumor can be initially judged based on these clues, it still does not count, and pathological examination is ultimately required to make it clear. What neurological impairment can be caused by cremaster tumor? Will it affect self-care ability? No matter what kind of tumor, the consequences are serious if it is allowed to develop. The higher the crestal medullary tumor grows, the more serious the consequences will be; the lower the location, the less impact on neurological function and self-care ability. If the tumor grows in the cervical spine, it will easily cause quadriplegia, difficulty in breathing, or even paraplegia (just like the famous disabled writer Heidi Zhang). If the tumor grows near the thoracic vertebrae, it may not affect the movement of the arms, but the legs may still be paralyzed and the organs below the thorax may malfunction. If the tumor grows near the lumbar or sacral vertebrae, the upper half of the body is hardly affected, but it will affect the functions of legs and urination and defecation. In conclusion, the benignity or malignancy of the tumor determines the degree of neurological damage, and the height of the tumor growth in the spinal canal determines the extent of impact on limb function. Will crestal medullary tumor metastasize to other locations? What kind will metastasize? Crestal medullary tumors generally rarely metastasize to other locations. Generally speaking, there are several types of metastasis. The first type is that the tumor cells fall directly from the original place of growth to the location below in the spinal canal. For example, the tumor originally grows in the location of thoracic vertebrae, and then the tumor cells fall off and fall to the lower lumbar vertebrae, just like the fruit on the tree falls into the land below, and then the fruit sprouts and grows again, which is called shedding metastasis. In the second kind, the tumor not only falls down, but also runs up. The brain crest fluid is infiltrated in the vertebral canal, and the brain crest fluid is connected to the brain, forming the brain crest fluid circulation, and the crestal medulla is “soaked” in the brain crest fluid. Some tumors growing in the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae follow the crestal fluid to the brain, which is extremely rare. This indicates that the tumor cells have the ability to wander and can go far away, such as cremaster glioma. What will happen if a crestal tumor is mistaken as cervical spondylosis or lumbar spondylosis for massage, physical therapy or acupuncture? Acupuncture and massage are the national treasures of Chinese medicine in China, but if it is really a tumor, it is not very realistic to control it with acupuncture. But why some patients can relieve the pain and numbness with acupuncture, while some people worsen it instead? In fact, a tumor pressing on a nerve or other important structure will cause pain, and sticking needles on the relevant meridian can control the electrical activity of the nerve, thus controlling or even inhibiting the conduction of the electrical nerve signal, causing some relief of pain and numbness. This can be described as an analgesic technique. The other situation – the more you zap, the more painful it is – is more complicated. Some people originally only have back and leg pain, but after acupuncture and physical therapy, they cannot walk instead. This may be because the acupuncture and massage process has affected the position of the tumor or the activity of the surrounding blood vessels. The pressure on neurovascular is not that serious, but after acupuncture and massage, the pressure of tumor on neurovascular increases, or the blood supply of tumor suddenly increases and swells up, which leads to the aggravation of symptoms. For example, there is a patient who always loves to drink, and every time he drinks, his symptoms will be aggravated. This is because alcohol stimulates the blood vessels to expand and the blood supply of the tumor also increases, the tumor will expand and the pressure on the surrounding blood vessels and nerves will be enhanced and the symptoms will worsen. Regardless of whether acupuncture and massage can relieve pain, as long as the tumor is not removed, the symptoms will still exist. In addition, whether it is a tumor or not, it is better not to seek acupuncture and physical therapy from Chinese medicine practitioners before the disease is diagnosed.