[superstar]

Hi,

My MRI shows a mass about the size of a pea in the T3 spinal area. It is not compressing the spine but displacing it apparently and causing numbness/altered sensation from just below breast area all the way down to toes, arms are fine At the moment I am taking steroids prescribed from the hospital for a week which should stop it getting bigger/shrink it but have an outpatients appointment with a neurosurgeon today to find out more detail about exactly where it is and what can be done.

Any comments/experience with something like this please?

[superstar]

Originally Posted by superstar

Hi,

My MRI shows a mass about the size of a pea in the T3 spinal area. It is not compressing the spine but displacing it apparently and causing numbness/altered sensation from just below breast area all the way down to toes, arms are fine At the moment I am taking steroids prescribed from the hospital for a week which should stop it getting bigger/shrink it but have an outpatients appointment with a neurosurgeon today to find out more detail about exactly where it is and what can be done.

Any comments/experience with something like this please?

Well, the update is that the mass is an intradural extramedullary tumour which is the size of a grape and is compressing the spine. Which is a bit of a turnaround from what I heard a couple of days ago. The neurosurgeon says it is unlikely to be cancer but can't be 100% sure until it comes out.

I am scheduled for surgery on Wednesday and may or may not get relief from the numbness after the operation and there is 5% chance of paralysis.

Has anyone had any experience with this type of tumour, good or bad please?