This is for my mother age 36, she recently found out that she has a syst on her overy and it may be cancer. About 5min ago she had major pain in her calf musle of her leg. Her discription of it was that it felt like the musle was being riped in half. I need to know if there is any possible medical correlation between the syst and the leg pain. Please only relivant responses from qualified and licenced medical workers.
2006-11-18 04:18:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Yes, there can be a connection between leg pain and ovarian cancer. The only way to be sure though is to check with your physician. Also, are there any other symptons, such as fluid retention going on?
Your mother should check to see if she has any swelling in her legs. Sometimes with ovarian cancer (or any abdominal cancer) a condition called ascites can occur. This is a build of fluid produced by the tumor. Since you do not have a diagnosis for cancer yet, this may well be a symptom that you should not ignore. If your mother does seem to have swelling or fluid in her legs she should immediately contact her doctor. Do not be concerned that this is a weekend, doctors should be on call to handle this situation. If she has fluid build up they will instruct her what to do next, depending on how much is there. Do not ignore this though.
Ascites (with ovarian cancer)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000286.htm
My son had abdominal and leg swelling because the tumors were 'weeping'. He had over 40 pounds of fluid in the abdomen and feet and legs.
He was given lasix and was able to eliminate the fluid.
Check on this as soon as possible.
Good luck.
2006-11-18 04:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I'm not a medical worker but know alot about cancers, survivor here for 13 years. Right now I have an ovarian cystic mass that is 10.1cm, I had the ca125 test and they keep watch on it, I'm on Lupron therapy. Has your mom had the cyst evaulated or the ca125 test? Anything under 100 is considered watchable but over 100 needs a biopsy. Mine was 75, then dropped to 41, normal is about 35. She needs that test plus an ultrasound and/or biopsy especially if cancer runs in your family. Cancer and cysts, anything in the abdominal cavity puts pressure on nerves and muscles and can cause leg pain, she might have a backup of lymph fluid too from the inguinal and/or iliac area too, does she have swelling in the legs or abdomen? The pressure from a cyst alone can cause leg or back pain. It sounds like a muscle cramp or spasm, sometimes those are really bad, back up of fluids can cause them too so she needs to watch her legs for any swelling.
Tell your mom that if the ca125 test is good, it's her option to have removal by laproscopy of the cyst, the whole ovary, total hysterectomy, or trying something like I did, lupron therapy to shrink it, then watch it every 3 months.
2006-11-18 17:51:37 · answer #2 · answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, leg pain is a documented symptom of cancers of the womb. A little surprised a cancer specialist would not know that. Hmmm... The type of leg pain is constant nerve/bone pain kind of like sciatica . The nerves the cancer is pressing on are right by the sciatic nerve.
2016-03-29 00:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ovarian cysts doctors say are normal thing: I say they are not ...they not supposed to be there without a reason.
I had a cyst on my ovary and doctor told me that it is normal ..I insisted that he sends me for further test ..he did not like that....and what happen I had a Ocarian Cancer Stage 1, growing inside of me on my ovary with so called normal cyst.
Leg pain???yest it may be a sign of ovarian cancer association but not as severe as you described. Throbbing pain down the leg from your abdomen is more likely. What your mom had was a "Charlie horse" she is short of magnesium in her body. She needs to go and get herself checked for magnesium deficiency.
Also tell your Mom not to wait until the cyst gets bigger. As I said they are NOT NORMAL as they say. It is a sign of something happening in her body and her body is giving your MOM a lots of SIGNS. The sooner the better.
Take care of her...you are such a sweetheart
2006-11-18 15:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by Misia M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only a physicial exam, some angiograms, some sonar exams, and an MRI will answer this question, hon. I'm as qualified as anyone, but without tests, no one can see into the vein,muscles nor into the abdomen..... not even a physician........to see what is going on... So, on Monday, get another appt. with her doc.
2006-11-18 04:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely not. Sounds like she had a charlie horse. Muscle will tighten and stiffen up and takes a while to let loose. But I would call a doctor and discuss it just to make sure you know. Not worth the risk.
2006-11-18 04:21:35 · answer #6 · answered by xingfiter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-19 15:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by kyle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋