Fine needle aspirate (FNA) is a procedure akin to biopsy. It is a form of cytology. It is a relatively non-invasive, nearly painless way to have a look into a mass in an effort to determine the character of the mass. Notice that we said “in an effort.” FNA is not foolproof. There are several [...]
Histiocytoma is the term given to a type of benign growth of young dogs. Histiocytomas are in a category of tumors called “round cell tumors.” Round cell tumors can range from benign to highly malignant and include mast cell tumors, plasmacytomas, transmissible venereal tumors and lymphoma. One of the helpful features of round cell tumors [...]
Biopsy. It’s a scary word, isn’t it? But it doesn’t have to be, because a biopsy can just as easily bring good news as bad. First, let’s define biopsy: “The removal and examination of tissue, cells or fluid from the living body.” So, though we may usually think of a biopsy in terms of taking [...]
In an ongoing series on how different kinds of cases are worked up, today we will look at veterinary oncology (cancer) patients. Cancer. Very likely the scariest word in the English language after Hell. Or, maybe they even have a relationship to each other. Of course, cancers range from curable to deadly-overnight, whether in dogs, [...]
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