Histiocytoma: Ang Benign Canine Tumor Na May Hindi Giliw Na Hitsura At Pakiramdam

2024 May -akda: Daisy Haig | [email protected]. Huling binago: 2023-12-17 03:15

Parehong ang aking mga French bulldogs ay nagdusa mula sa hindi magandang tingnan, madalas na makati at teknolohikal na mga bukol na tinatawag naming histiocytomas. Kahit na ang mga histiocytomas ay karaniwang nalulutas pagkatapos ng dalawa hanggang tatlong buwan, ang kawalan ng katiyakan ng pag-unlad ng tumor na ito ay humahantong sa karamihan sa mga vet na i-snip ito (o hindi bababa sa bahagi nito) upang matiyak ang pagiging mabisa nito.

Ang isang surgical scalpeling ng isang "benign" na masa ay maaaring maging matindi sa iyo, ngunit dahil ang histiocytomas ay maaaring parehong nakakainis at nakakatakot, madalas na ipinahiwatig ang operasyon.

Nakakainis: Dahil madalas silang lumitaw sa ulo at paa, mga lugar kung saan ang isang perpektong bilog, ulseradong masa ay maaaring gasgas o dilaan nang madali.

Nakakatakot: Dahil mahirap sabihin kung ano ang lumitaw sa balat ng iyong aso (at kadalasang nangyayari ito nang mabilis) ay isang hindi magandang mast cell tumor (o ilang iba pang naturang masa ng halimaw) … o ang mas madali nitong pinsan, ang histiocytoma.

Nakakatakot: Dahil mahirap sabihin kung ano ang lumitaw sa balat ng iyong aso (at kadalasang nangyayari ito nang mabilis) ay isang hindi magandang mast cell tumor (o ilang iba pang naturang masa ng halimaw) … o ang mas madali nitong pinsan, ang histiocytoma.

while young dogs (under three years of age) are more likely to get these, they can happen to dogs of any age. indeed, my older frenchie, sophie sue got one about a year ago. she was nine-not exactly a spring chicken. vincent has had three. and he’s not yet two years old.

some breeds are more predisposed. labrador retrievers and boxers, for example. though frenchies aren’t on the list, perhaps they should be… (perhaps they should be on the list for almost everything if my recent round of healthcare scares is any guide.)

ugly and prominently placed as they typically are, most owners want histiocytomas removed. some vets, however, will counsel owners to either wait a few weeks (especially if the dog is young and statistically less likely to be suffering from a malignant mass) or to have a simple section of it snipped (with a local anesthetic) for histopathological analysis at the pathology lab.

other vets will even take a needle poke at it, though most pathologists find that histiocytomas are not easily disgnosed definitively through this method (cytology).

if the dog is older or the mass is especially annoying to the dog or owner, however, we remove the whole sucker and clean up the mess quickly. unfortunately, though, this approach is more costly and usually requires general anesthesia. it’s nonetheless the approach i take for more than half of these tumors…better to be safe than sorry, right?

still, most owners need to know they have a choice. the nervous nellies among you (like me) are less likely to want to stare at a mass for a couple of months to see if it simply goes away. the rational or more anesthetically cautious, however, are justified in waiting-as long as their dog is young and/or hasn’t suffered from malignant masses in the past.

whatever choice you make, consider histiocytomas an excellent foray into the world of skin tumors. it’s like a warm-up for what’s likely to come as your dog ages. and it’s not all bad. look on the bright side: curing cancer is sometimes just a scalpel slice away.