Breast Cancer? - Page 2

Dog had a mammary gland mass removed 1.5 years ago at 9.5 years.  Spayed at the same time.  One rear gland was removed and the mass was adenocarcinoma.

Another marble like mass was found on the side, not on a gland like the above was.  X-rays taken of lungs and mass removed.  Here is what it was --

Benign mixed mammary tumor.  Remarks: This is a benign tumor that appears completely removed.  Histopathology: Section consists of mammary tissue with a well-demarcated mass.  The mass consists of epithelial cells forming clumps, masses and glandular structures.  Nuclei are mildly pleomorphic, round and have prominent nucleoli.  Mitoses are infrequent.  There are small areas of bone and cartilage formation present throughout as well.  The mass is well-demarcated and surrounded by normal tissue.

Now the stitches have to be removed in a few days.

k9nme

Best of luck on her recovery.  

Zira got her stitches removed today.  She is doing great!  Here she is enjoying her new rawhide candy cane.

She's a very beautiful dog...best of luck on her recovery! 

She certainly looks none the worse for the wear after the surgery! :)   Now that she's had one benign mass and one adenocarcinoma in her history, I suggest you get in the habit of doing an assessment of her lymph nodes and the remaining mammaries on a weekly basis, so you can continue to catch anything else that might arise as early as possible... She looks great for her age, and here's to that continuing for a lot more years to come!

 For sure,  I am starting to check weekly all my females!

My dog with the two tumors is not Zira.  In my dog's case, the beign one was on the edge of mammary tissue.  She is doing fine.  She was able to do some special high engery activities yesterday and she was extremely happy to be back doing things she loves.

k9nme

Sorry, k9nme--I see I misattributed your girl's history to Zira.  Glad to hear your girl is doing well, too, and hope you join texgsd in doing weekly assessments of the mammaries and lymph nodes so you can continue to catch any changes early on.  As for my girl, she's presently recovering uneventfully after having her right eye removed (see earlier post re a mass  behind the iris which had caused hemorrhaging and glaucoma).  The mass itself had not increased in size, but the intraocular pressure was increasing, and was going to start causing pain, so it was either risk the anesthesia and surgery on a 14 year old dog, or wait until the pain could no longer be controlled and then euthanize her.  The sutures come out next week, and she's also none the worse for the wear of the event.  I fully expect the pathology report to come back with a finding of adenocarcinoma that is most likely related to the earlier mammary adenocarcinoma, since that's not an uncommon location for that particular cancer to metastasize (learned something new from the opthamologist!).  I'll add good thoughts for both Zira and k9nme's girl to my New Year's toast of thanks and hope tonight--thanks that I got another year to share with my girls, and hope that I'll be granted the gift of yet another year with them by my side.

Rats. Now my 6-year-old has it. She's breaking my heart.