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 Fri May 7th, 2010
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.