Annette Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Tonight I just noticed a lump on Dixie's left thigh. It's about the size of a pea. I don't think Dixie has been licking that area, as licking dogs drive me crazy and I haven't had to tell Dixie to stop licking in a while. It is movable. Don't think the lump has been there long. First thing Monday morning I will be calling our vet. Spoke with Anne (sil is a vet) on the phone and she asked that I email her some pictures and I have also have them posted below. Obviously she can't tell me anything over the phone (and I hated calling her since she literally had her last radiation treatment today), but wanted to take a look at the pictures. Of course the first thought in her mind was mast cell tumor. Please keep Dixie in your thoughts. Annette Quote Annette, mom to Banjo (AJN Spider Man) & Casey (kitty), wife to Roy. Mom to bridgekids: Wheat (GH), Icabod (GH), Scarlett (Cab's Peg Bundy), Rhett (Kiowa Day Juice), Dixie (Pazzo Dixie), Pogo/Gleason (Rambunctious), and Miriam (Miriam of Ruckus) and Spooky, Taffy, Garfield, & Lefty (kitties) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambuca Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 My foster has something that looks just like that is a histiocytoma (sp?). It's a histamine reaction and harmless. I would still bring Dixie to the vet because it could be something completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) I would have it aspirated--- histicytomas are usually found on limbs or faces of young dogs--I know Dixies older. We have seen a lot of hemangipericytomas lately right in that area. If it's the fore mentioned or a MCT your vet should be able to identify those cells via a fna. Keep us posted. Edited to add ---woo-hoo Anne-- glad she's done with her treatments-it's been a long haul for her. Edited January 30, 2011 by tbhounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhillyPups Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Keeping Dixie in my prayers. Please let us know what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenEveBaz Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Just sending good thoughts. Quote Ellen, with brindle Milo and the blonde ballerina, Gelsey remembering Eve, Baz, Scout, Romie, Nutmeg, and Jeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hope it turns out to be a "benign thingy" of some sort. 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...
carronstar Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Sending good thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstasMinion Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hugs and kisses from Dixie's sister Asta! Good vibes for tomorrow's vet visit. Quote Lisa Dog mama to angel-boy Ewan (racing name Atascocita Ewan), 3/26/10 to 8/23/20, and angel-girl Asta (racing name Pazzo Asta), 6/16/01 to 9/7/13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Dixie has an appointment for 11:20 this morning. Luckily we are not int the snow storm/blizzard band since the wind is a blowing up here. Annette Quote Annette, mom to Banjo (AJN Spider Man) & Casey (kitty), wife to Roy. Mom to bridgekids: Wheat (GH), Icabod (GH), Scarlett (Cab's Peg Bundy), Rhett (Kiowa Day Juice), Dixie (Pazzo Dixie), Pogo/Gleason (Rambunctious), and Miriam (Miriam of Ruckus) and Spooky, Taffy, Garfield, & Lefty (kitties) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 It could be a harmless sebeaceous cyst. Sending prayers and hopes for a good outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Good news! The lump is not cancerous. We are just going to watch it. If she messes with it too much, we will have it removed when she goes in for her dental. She has turned into a piglet though. She now weighs 72 pounds. I am not sure how she is gaining weight because she is Miss Finicky Pants. All I figure is the amount of snow in the yard and she has no place to run. Or maybe.....is she actually out there catching mice???? She's not telling and she has requested lasagna for dinner for the trouble I put her through today. Annette Quote Annette, mom to Banjo (AJN Spider Man) & Casey (kitty), wife to Roy. Mom to bridgekids: Wheat (GH), Icabod (GH), Scarlett (Cab's Peg Bundy), Rhett (Kiowa Day Juice), Dixie (Pazzo Dixie), Pogo/Gleason (Rambunctious), and Miriam (Miriam of Ruckus) and Spooky, Taffy, Garfield, & Lefty (kitties) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndtime Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I hesitated to answer at first, but, Paul had a similar growth in almost the same spot on his leg. He was scheduled to have it removed also, while having a dental but the doctors left NGAP two days before he was scheduled. So, everything was postponed. He started licking the area, so I put a healing cream on it, and in a few days it dried up and fell off. He had a bald circle in the area, though the hair has grown back now. The new doctor said that she thought it might have been a follicle cyst. Quote Irene Ullmann w/Flying Odin and Mama Mia in Lower Delaware Angels Brandy, John E, American Idol, Paul, Fuzzy and Shine Handcrafted Greyhound and Custom Clocks http://www.houndtime.com Zoom Doggies-Racing Coats for Racing Greyhounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 He started licking the area, so I put a healing cream on it, and in a few days it dried up and fell off. He had a bald circle in the area, though the hair has grown back now. The new doctor said that she thought it might have been a follicle cyst. What kind of healing cream was it? Did he not try to lick off the cream? Thanks, Annette Quote Annette, mom to Banjo (AJN Spider Man) & Casey (kitty), wife to Roy. Mom to bridgekids: Wheat (GH), Icabod (GH), Scarlett (Cab's Peg Bundy), Rhett (Kiowa Day Juice), Dixie (Pazzo Dixie), Pogo/Gleason (Rambunctious), and Miriam (Miriam of Ruckus) and Spooky, Taffy, Garfield, & Lefty (kitties) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndtime Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I use Amerigel, for people and dogs. http://www.amerxhc.com/ Quote Irene Ullmann w/Flying Odin and Mama Mia in Lower Delaware Angels Brandy, John E, American Idol, Paul, Fuzzy and Shine Handcrafted Greyhound and Custom Clocks http://www.houndtime.com Zoom Doggies-Racing Coats for Racing Greyhounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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