A 13-year-old girl found cancer! Mom: at first I thought it was just growth pain

In the process of growing up, because of the rapid growth of height, there is sometimes the so-called "this kind of situation often does not make people care too much, but what we should be wary of is that there is a dangerous disease that often occurs in teenagers, and the symptoms are also quite similar." the 13-year-old girl always shouted that it was osteosarcoma. "the tumor did not recur. Jiajia, who is in the first year of junior high school, suddenly said that she had pain in her right knee. Jia's leg pain not only did not alleviate. A lump was found in the bone above Jia Jia's right knee, and the tumor was removed in time to save the leg. "now the child can exercise normally." but this is the most common malignant tumor in teenagers. The 5-year survival rate of osteosarcoma patients without metastasis was 60%, 70% after standardized treatment, but about 10% of the patients had distant metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis. Fortunately, the osteosarcoma here in Jia Jia's right knee did not have metastasis. Generally speaking, patients with osteosarcoma can only be amputated at the lesion site, but now osteosarcoma patients not only hope to achieve long-term survival.

"Mom, my leg hurts."

In the process of growing up,

Because the height is growing faster.

Sometimes there is so-called "growth pain".

This kind of situation often doesn't make people care too much.

But be wary of

There is a dangerous disease that often occurs in teenagers.

The symptoms are similar.

A 13-year-old girl always complains of knee pain

It turned out to be osteosarcoma.

"the child is recovering well and can walk normally, and there is no recurrence of the tumor." Recently, at the expert clinic of Chen Bin, deputy director of orthopaedics at the first Hospital of Zhejiang University, Jia Jia (a pseudonym)'s mother breathed a sigh of relief. Her greatest wish now is for her daughter to be safe and healthy.

In March last year, Jia Jia, who was in the first year of junior high school, suddenly said she had a pain in her right knee.

Parents see that there is no bruise, thinking that spring is coming, may be the child is growing caused by the "growth pain", so they do not pay special attention to it.

However, more than a week later, Jiajia's leg pain not only did not relieve, but also showed slight swelling in her knee and was even unable to walk.

Jiajia's parents were worried and hurriedly took her to the local hospital. After a series of examinations, his parents came with a bolt from the blue. A mass was found in the bone above Jia Jia's right knee and was pathologically diagnosed as osteosarcoma after puncture biopsy.

Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor that often occurs in teenagers between the ages of 10 and 20 and is known as a "teenage killer".

The local hospital advised Jiajia's parents to take their children to a higher hospital as soon as possible. After that, the couple came to the first Hospital of Zhejiang University with their children.

Remove the tumor in time to save the leg.

Now children can exercise normally.

"although the incidence of osteosarcoma is not high, it is the most common malignant tumor in teenagers. According to the relevant data, after standardized treatment, the 5-year survival rate of osteosarcoma patients without metastasis is 60%, 70%, but about 10%, 15% of the patients already have distant metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis, while the 5-year survival rate of patients with metastasis is significantly reduced, and the prognosis is poor. " Chief physician Chen Bin said that after further examination, fortunately, the osteosarcoma in Jiajia's right knee did not metastasize.

In the previous treatment of osteosarcoma, in order to prevent the spread and metastasis of the tumor, we can only amputate the lesion site of the patient. As most of the patients are teenagers, although they can survive for a long time, they also cause a heavy blow to their future life.

With the progress of medicine, osteosarcoma patients not only hope to achieve long-term survival, but also can not affect the normal life.

Subsequently, Chen Bin, chief orthopedic physician, and Tong Xiang, deputy chief physician, performed an operation on Jia Jia and completely removed the osteosarcoma and its invaded bone. As the tumor grew on the knee, the expert team performed an artificial knee replacement for Jia Jia. At the same time, combined with Jiajia's preoperative imaging data, the expert team used a 3D personalized prosthesis printing system to accurately print a suitable artificial prosthesis for Jiajia, so as to complete the defective bone.

Jiajia's operation was successfully completed, and after rehabilitation treatment, Jiajia was able to walk normally only 3 days after the operation. at present, Jiajia can participate in normal exercise with her peers.

It is easy to be confused with growth pain

Doctor: early detection is the key

"the etiology and pathogenesis of osteosarcoma are not clear, and it is believed that it may be related to heredity, viral infection, chemicals, ionizing radiation and so on." Chief physician Chen Bin said, "most patients are at the age of 20."

Osteosarcoma is most common in the extremities, especially around the knee joint. The symptoms are mainly pain and swelling, which aggravate after activity, aggravate pain at night, appear lumps, and continue to increase. "

Teenagers of this age are also prone to growth pain, so how to distinguish osteosarcoma from growth pain?

Osteosarcoma pain is more common in the joints, the position is relatively fixed, and the pain is lighter at the beginning, the interval pain, and then develops more and more serious, the pain feeling is more intense at night, rest generally does not help to relieve symptoms, painkillers are generally useless. With the aggravation of the pain, the local mass and redness will gradually appear, and the local skin temperature of the pain site is higher than that of other places.

The growth pain is due to the rapid growth of the child, the rapid absorption of calcium in the body, and the stretching of the child's muscles and bones, resulting in muscle pain. Each growth pain lasts about 5-7 days. Taking painkillers can relieve the pain.

Although osteosarcoma is a dangerous kind of cancer, with the progress of medicine, early detection and early treatment can greatly improve the prognosis. Early detection and early diagnosis is directly related to whether the limb and limb function can be preserved, but also has a lot to do with improving the cure rate. However, some early symptoms of osteosarcoma are easy to be ignored, and when more symptoms appear, most of them are in the middle stage, some even in the late stage.

Therefore, experts suggest that parents shouting "leg pain" to their children should not be taken lightly, especially when the pain lasts for many days, they must see a doctor for screening in time.

Source: Hangzhou Daily