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22 percent tumors in Europe are rare tumors, and 30 percent. among them, especially rare. They cause difficulties in both diagnosis and treatment. It is worth getting acquainted with the most common clinical symptoms of rare cancers in order to be able to act as soon as possible.
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The most common cause of the tumor is metastatic disease, which usually appears in middle age or in the elderly. The primary tumor may involve the nipple, lungs, and the genitourinary system. The most common symptoms are open eyes, double vision, and decreased visual acuity. Pain is rare and usually occurs when the tumor grows rapidly. Depending on the location, the tumor may be palpable.
The incidence of this neoplasm is similar in men and women. Symptoms of middle ear cancer include: impaired hearing, a feeling of noise or ripple in the ear. Colorless and sometimes purulent contents may bleed or leak from the ear very often. There may also be severe pain and dizziness. Less frequently, damage to the facial nerve (mouth corner drooping, loss of blinking, eye closure, forehead wrinkles) is observed. This proves the advancement of the neoplastic process.
The characteristic symptoms that indicate the disease include: increasing difficulty in breathing through the nose, leakage of purulent fluid mixed with blood, or repeated nosebleeds. There may also be severe pain in healthy teeth, and a bulging or thickening of the soft tissues on one side around the cheek or nose.
This cancer primarily affects people under the age of 40. The most common symptom is the appearance of a painless tumor in the area of the alveolar process of the mandible or maxilla. Increased pain or fractures for no apparent reason are evidence of an advanced neoplastic process.
The olfactory neuroma is located in the area of the base of the anterior fossa of the skull, often in the ethmoid sinus and nasal cavity. People under 50 are sick most often. The clinical symptoms of the disease in the early stages are difficult to notice. Often these are recurrent nosebleeds and pain similar to those seen in chronic inflammation of the paranasal sinuses. Persistent headaches, visual disturbances and exophthalmia indicate the advancement of the cancer.
Most often they are located on the neck, at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery and in the area of the temporal bone in the region of the base of the skull. Their characteristic feature is the tendency to appear in many places. Family diseases are also found quite often. The symptoms of paragangliomas depend on their location. Tumors in the temporal bone area cause unclear hearing problems, such as a feeling of noise, ripple, or ringing in the ear, or hearing loss. The main symptom of a carotid lobe tumor is the appearance of a slowly growing, slightly pulsating tumor on the neck, near the angle of the mandible.
They mainly affect the elderly, although you can get sick at any age. This is a very diverse group of cancers. Most often, the only clinical manifestation is a painless, several millimeter lump in the area of the joints, often located just below the skin. The tumor can also develop deep inside the muscle tissue or in the retroperitoneal space. Particular attention should be paid to a lesion that grows larger than 10 cm within a few months or begins to grow rapidly. A symptom that you should also watch out for is swelling in the legs, especially the feet and shins.
It is a cancer of the lymphatic system, the symptoms of which may suggest many diseases and is often mistaken for a prolonged cold or flu in the early stages. The symptoms of the disease include: recurring for no apparent reason fever, night sweats, fatigue, general weakness of the body, weight loss and itching of the skin. Lymphoma is also characterized by a persistent, dry cough, as well as subcutaneous lesions and lumps, as well as ascites, swelling of the lower limbs, and bruises or bleeding.
The disease produces non-specific symptoms that are associated with other diseases, such as reddening of the skin, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, asthma or wheezing, congestive heart failure, palpitations, abdominal pain, muscle spasms and swelling. Patients are often treated for ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract, irritable bowel, asthma, lung cancer or mental disorders. This means that carcinoid tumors are diagnosed late, in the advanced stage.
The disease most often occurs in the elderly. It is extremely rare in younger people. The most common symptoms are: constant fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath with exertion, and palpitations. There may also be abdominal distension, a constant feeling of fullness in the abdomen, and night sweats. Due to non-specific symptoms, diagnosis is very late.