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Malignant Tumor Complications Explained

Malignant tumors can lead to various complications including brain dysfunction, bleeding, spinal cord compression, nausea and vomiting, cardiac tamponade, and superior vena cava syndrome. These complications result in a range of symptoms such as confusion, pain, swelling, and impaired organ function. Treatment-related side effects can exacerbate these issues, leading to further health deterioration.

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Malignant Tumor Complications Explained

Malignant tumors can lead to various complications including brain dysfunction, bleeding, spinal cord compression, nausea and vomiting, cardiac tamponade, and superior vena cava syndrome. These complications result in a range of symptoms such as confusion, pain, swelling, and impaired organ function. Treatment-related side effects can exacerbate these issues, leading to further health deterioration.

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Complications of malignant tumor:

Brain dysfunction: The brain functions abnormally as a result of


a cancer growing within it, either as a primary brain cancer or
more commonly as a metastasis from a cancer elsewhere in the
body. Many different symptoms can occur, including confusion,
drowsiness, agitation, headaches, abnormal vision, abnormal
sensations, weakness, nausea, vomiting, and seizures.

Bleeding: Bleeding may result from invasion and death of normal


tissues and blood vessels or from the growth of abnormal, fragile
blood vessels within a tumor.

Spinal cord compression: Cancer compresses the spinal cord


or the spinal cord nerves, resulting in pain and loss of function
(such as urinary or fecal incontinence). The longer the
compression of the spinal cord or spinal cord nerves persists, the
less likely normal nerve function will return when the compression
is relieved.

Nausea and vomiting. Immunotherapy, radiation therapy to the


abdomen, and chemotherapy (with results varying by the type of
drug and its dose) are all known to cause nausea and vomiting in
people receiving cancer treatment. Nausea and vomiting can
cause weight changes, dehydration, and malnutrition, which can
worsen the overall symptoms of the side effects.

Cardiac tamponade : Fluid accumulates in the bag like


structure surrounding the heart (pericardium, or pericardial sac).
This fluid puts pressure on the heart and interferes with its ability
to pump blood. Fluid can accumulate when a cancer invades the
pericardium and irritates it. This can cause chest pain and
shortness of breath.

Superior vena cava syndrome: Cancer partially or completely


blocks the vein (superior vena cava) that drains blood from the
upper part of the body into the heart. Blockage of the superior
vena cava causes the veins in the upper part of the chest and
neck to swell, resulting in swelling of the face, neck, and upper
part of the chest. Cancer partially or completely blocks the vein
(superior vena cava) that drains blood from the upper part of the
body into the heart. Blockage of the superior vena cava causes
the veins in the upper part of the chest and neck to swell,
resulting in swelling of the face, neck, and upper part of the chest.

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