We see a lot of very unpleasant looking growths in our patients. Sometimes it is clear what they are, but normally we need to do a biopsy to find out.
Quite often we get a surprise when what seems to be a very ugly looking mass turns out be completely benign, and removal results in a complete cure.
The goal of a presurgical biopsy is to find out whether the lump is malignant, so that we can determine whether removal is possible and how much tissue will need to be removed.
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Molly's owners had pretty much decided what was wrong with her when she was brought into our clinic.
Molly is a lively labrador who never usually misses a mean but the day before she cane into see us she was offer her food and had been vomitting.
Her owners were convinced she had swallowed a stone and it was causing a blockage. They were right. Gut obstructions are common in dogs, a surprising variety of foreign objects get swallowed (toys, sticks, watches, underwear, socks, string, fish hooks, rubber balls, corn cobs (etc) and have to be removed.
Read on to find out about Molly's surgery and recovery (click here) |
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