What is the current situation of fibroids

With the improvement of living standards, fibroids are very common now. Although this disease will not have a great impact on the body in the early stage, it is still very harmful in the long run. If it is diagnosed as fibroids, it should be treated in time. So let's take a look at the current situation of fibroids.

The skin color of the tumor surface is pink or brown, with some scattered coffee-milk pigment spots. This spot is often the earliest manifestation of the disease. It starts in childhood and is common on the trunk, especially on the waist and back. It is a brown patch several centimeters in size with irregular shape and clear boundaries.

The tumors are multiple, mainly distributed in the trunk and limbs, and can also be distributed inside the brain. The number ranges from a few to thousands. The size ranges from a few millimeters to a few centimeters. A single tumor can be as small as 1 gram and as large as more than 100 kilograms. Small tumors are hemispherical in shape, while large tumors are amorphous or pedunculated. The mass feels like dough when palpated, and there may be some harder solid masses in it. The tumor increases in size with age, develops more slowly in adults, and can grow into a giant or slender type.

The tumor body is usually without a capsule, or even if it has one, it is incomplete. There is proliferation of various components of the nerve tissue in the tumor, among which the proliferation of nerve sheath cells is the most obvious. In addition to a large amount of fibrous tissue proliferation in the tumor tissue, there are also thick cord-like nerves. The skin lesions of elephantiasis-like multiple neurofibromas are often distributed along the nerve trunks, multiple, and are soft nodules and plaques in the skin and subcutaneous. In giant neurofibromas, there are a large number of supply arterial networks and swollen return veins. Patients with giant tumors can lose their ability to move, and can also suffer from systemic malnutrition.

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Treatment should be prompt and thorough surgical resection, including a wide area around the affected tissue, and sometimes the entire affected muscle needs to be removed. Only in very rare cases, amputation is forced due to its local invasiveness. Radiotherapy may be effective for local control of the disease and can be used after conservative surgery. Endocrine therapy has also been successful in some cases, such as taking tamoxifen. Young patients and large tumors have a higher recurrence rate.