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Re: re: recent diagnosis and recent submission to this formu
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Re: re: recent diagnosis and recent submission to this formu
by CCF neurology MD MM, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By CCF neuro MD MM on January 30, 1999 at 15:52:53:
In Reply to: re: recent diagnosis and recent submission to this formu posted by Richard M on January 30, 1999 at 14:13:19:
After siging off I thaught of several more questions concerning my neural tumor. Can a neural sheath tumor be sparked to grow in an already predisposed person with an injury to my left knee and hip as I stated in my previous email. If a hip injury is a cause of irratation to my L2-3 tumor, and my hip is repaired will I have an option to wait and see on the tumor growing or stabilizing. Again any help would be apppreciated. Richard M
There are several questions so I will take them in order, not all can be
answered with the information available however.
The hip, back and leg pain COULD be due to the tumor compressing a sensory
nerve.
The tumor could not cause swelling of the knee although it could ,depending
on the level of the lesion cause referred pain there. If there is swelling
of the knee then it is more likely to be due to a problem in the knee
itself.
I cannot say if you did soft tissue damage to the hip at the time of the
accident , anythig I said would be pure speculation.
I doubt if MRI of the hip or knee would contribute anything to the picture
since the problem is clearly localized to the spine area.
A hip or knee injury could not spark off the growth of a tumor in the spine
even in a person who is predisposed, I doubt if irritation from the hip
plays any part whatsoever in the progression of the spine tumor which
probably predated your recent injuries by years.
Tumors do not respond to irritation in remote sites as you describe, they
tend to folow their own predetermined course, fortunately a benign one in
your case.
In Reply to: re: recent diagnosis and recent submission to this formu posted by Richard M on January 30, 1999 at 14:13:19:
After siging off I thaught of several more questions concerning my neural tumor. Can a neural sheath tumor be sparked to grow in an already predisposed person with an injury to my left knee and hip as I stated in my previous email. If a hip injury is a cause of irratation to my L2-3 tumor, and my hip is repaired will I have an option to wait and see on the tumor growing or stabilizing. Again any help would be apppreciated. Richard M
There are several questions so I will take them in order, not all can be
answered with the information available however.
The hip, back and leg pain COULD be due to the tumor compressing a sensory
nerve.
The tumor could not cause swelling of the knee although it could ,depending
on the level of the lesion cause referred pain there. If there is swelling
of the knee then it is more likely to be due to a problem in the knee
itself.
I cannot say if you did soft tissue damage to the hip at the time of the
accident , anythig I said would be pure speculation.
I doubt if MRI of the hip or knee would contribute anything to the picture
since the problem is clearly localized to the spine area.
A hip or knee injury could not spark off the growth of a tumor in the spine
even in a person who is predisposed, I doubt if irritation from the hip
plays any part whatsoever in the progression of the spine tumor which
probably predated your recent injuries by years.
Tumors do not respond to irritation in remote sites as you describe, they
tend to folow their own predetermined course, fortunately a benign one in
your case.
