Clinical case. This Doberman pinscher, Female, 11 years, not spayed. I would like to ask colleagues. What do you think about this case? What can be good prognosis?
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Comment posted Sep 24 2010
Either incisional or excision biopsy - biopsy both masses - the cranial mass maybe a lymphnode or another type of mass?
Commebnt posted Jul 13 2010
I guess it to be a mammary tumor,proper investigation and removal of the tumor is required.
Comment posted Jun 17 2010
i'll go with full mastectomy + spey
Comment posted Mon, May 24 2010
1 intact female out of 2 gets mammary tumors, and 50% of those are malignant. In this case, the size of the tumors make them tend to be malignant. There's no time to lose on a biopsy. 2 X-rays of the chest, full mastectomy , including draining lymph nodes + histology is the answer.
Comment posted Fri May 7th, 2010
The animal in good condition.Need to do a biopsy.But there is one problem.The dog owner hesitate to surgical operation.
Beware of FNAs on mammary tumours, I have done a full mammary strip on the basis of the cytology report saying it looked very malignant, and then when sent for histo it was benign! The mass needed to be removed anyway, but the surgery would have been a lot less traumatic if I had known this. When I discussed this with the lab they said that mammary tumours exfoliate poorly, and they recommend incisional or excisional biopsy.
Also, before doing anything drastic, get some chest radiographs - both lateral views - to check for mets.
If you want to know any more about a lump you have to biopsy it.
Sorry to sound silly, but what do you mean what do we think?: Is lump mobile, invasive, has it appeared suddenly, have you done FNA? Has the dog got any other clinical signs, what about its lymph nodes etc etc ??
Thnaks Adam