Guest JohnnyBell Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 My Johnny is growing this thing on the top of his head.Sorry it's kinda hard to see but it's hardish and shiny.It seems to have gotten larger.It is strickly on the skin,you can lift it with his skin so it's not attached to any muscle or anythingDo you know what it might be???Sorta looks like a mole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawthorn Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Sunny had something similar on his neck recently. As it was too small to do a needle biopsy and there was a possibility it could be a Mast Cell tumour, the vet removed it under anaesthetic. It turned out to be a benign histiocytoma fortunately. Quote When a relationship of love is disrupted, the relationship does not cease. The love continues; therefore, the relationship continues. The work of grief is to reconcile and redeem life to a different love relationship. ~ W Scott Lineberry Always Greyhounds Home Boarding and Greyhounds With Love House Sitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JillT Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Sabine also had something just like this on her side about 6 months ago--vet said it could be a mast cell tumor, but given her age (2), more likely a benign histiocytoma. We had it removed and biopsied, and thankfully, that's all it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Worth checking with your vet. "Hardish and shiny" sounds like a little sebaceous cyst or ingrown hair. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest amberj002 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 omg, Nadia has almost the same thing in the same spot on her head! Hers is covered with fur, but you can see it without touching it. We went to the vet last week to have it looked at and she said it was probably a cyst and that she wasn't worried about it. If it started to grow or look red and angry to bring her back, it was too small to aspirate. It comes up with her skin and feels like a little pebble in there. Probably worth taking him in for a look...hoping Johnny's is nothing as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SillyDog Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) Worth checking with your vet. "Hardish and shiny" sounds like a little sebaceous cyst or ingrown hair. That's my guess, too. My older guy has 2 of them. But, show your vet next time you're in or sooner if it changes. Edited July 10, 2007 by SillyDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ProudGreyMom Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Always good to have the vet take a peek at least but looks like a dog lump as I call them. My beagle grew a bunch of skins tags and lumps when he got older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnnyBell Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 You know I wonder if it isn't an ingrown hair or sabacious cyst.In January Johnny had to have 3 stitches because he cut his head.It's in the same area.I wonder if it has anything to do with it.This has got me wonderin now.Hmmmmm!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnnyBell Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Does a sabacious cyst go away one it's own?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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