How to tell if a lumbar spine tumor is metastatic

Lumbar spine tumors can be determined as metastatic tumors by the symptoms as well as the associated tests. Typical symptoms of lumbar spine tumor will show back pain, incontinence and numbness of both lower limbs. If the lumbar spine tumor has metastasis, the lumbar spine may have obvious discomfort, and the patient’s spinal nerves and spinal cord may be severely compressed, resulting in corresponding nerve dysfunction and numbness. As the disease progresses, the symptoms of lumbar pain will gradually worsen, especially at night. When the above symptoms appear in the body, you can go to the hospital for an MRI examination. By doing the MRI, the occupying lesion of the lumbar spine can be detected. If it is a malignant tumor, the symptoms of bone destruction and filling defects can be seen. When lumbar metastasis occurs, there are symptoms of the primary lesion in addition to the symptoms of the lumbar spine itself, such as occupying lesions in the lungs of patients with lung cancer, which show symptoms of coughing, coughing up sputum, and blood in cough. Once the lumbar spine tumor is found to be metastatic, it is necessary to combine with the physical condition in time, through surgery, radiotherapy and other related treatments for healing.