Histiocytoma: Lub Qog Benign Canine Nrog Lub Ntsej Muag Uas Tsis Zoo Li Qub Thiab Xis

2024 Tus sau: Daisy Haig | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-12-17 03:09

Ob qho tag nrho kuv cov bulldogs Fab Kis tau raug kev txom nyem los ntawm qhov tsis paub, feem ntau-khaus thiab ua cov qog nqaij hlav uas peb hu ua histiocytomas. Txawm hais tias histiocytomas feem ntau daws tom qab ob rau peb lub hlis, qhov tsis paub tseeb ntawm lub qog ua pov thawj ua rau cov vets feem ntau hno nws (lossis tsawg kawg ntawm nws) kom ntseeg tau tias nws lub cev tsis huv.

Kev phais mob ntawm lub cev "benign" loj tuaj yeem hnov koj heev, tab sis vim tias cov histiocytomas tuaj yeem yog qhov txaus ntshai thiab txaus ntshai, kev phais feem ntau qhia.

Khuv Xim: Vim tias lawv feem ntau tshwm rau ntawm lub taub hau thiab taw, qhov chaw uas muaj kev sib txig sib xyaw, muaj qhov mob loj yuav tuaj yeem khaus lossis zawv tau yooj yim.

Ntshai: Vim tias nws nyuaj rau qhia yog tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim rau koj cov tawv nqaij (thiab nws feem ntau tshwm sim nrawm) yog lub siab phem mast cell (los yog qee qhov lwm tus dab loj) … lossis nws yooj yim dua-mus rau nkauj muam nraug nus, lub histiocytoma.

Ntshai: Vim tias nws nyuaj rau qhia yog tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim rau koj cov tawv nqaij (thiab nws feem ntau tshwm sim nrawm) yog lub siab phem mast cell (los yog qee qhov lwm tus dab loj) … lossis nws yooj yim dua-mus rau nkauj muam nraug nus, lub 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.