Legend’s Aural and Oral Surgery

[Tropicalbri's]

Legend had surgery this morning to remove two hard oral growths. One was at the base of his LL canine and the other was between the last premolar and carnassial LR.
His ear had a lump right behind the base (bell of the ear) and I kept palpating it and it really felt like a cyst.
I was confident in my own diagnosis as I have seen a lot of these at the Vet hospital where I worked.
The Veterinarians here do not do FNA on any lumps. They want to remove them completely for concerns of releasing cells that may be cancerous.

We did a CBC SuperChem panel prior to surgery and his MCV was low and MCHC was elevated by a small amount. I figured it was due to stress going to the vet office and possible inflammation.

We removed both hard growths from his mouth, (they were small) and they did not have the appearance of being cancerous but we sent off tissue to the pathologist just to be sure.
When we removed the lump on his ear it was a cyst.
I was excited to see it.
It had lots of dead cells, hair and a little tiny piece of suture from when his ears were cropped.
We removed the complete sac and sutured up his ear.

Now I will wait on the path report to confirm whether the samples are benign.
Fingers crossed.
After losing 2 of my Dobermans to cancer, I am anxious over it.

After he came out of anesthesia he was ready to get home and acted like nothing had been done to him.
He is a tough and stoic boy just like all my dobes.
Now he gets chicken and rice with supplements and minerals until his mouth fully heals.

 

[Tropicalbri's]

 

[JanS]

Aww poor guy. I hope he makes a speedy recovery.

I have no idea what those numbers mean or what the things are but they look pretty close to normal, right?

 

[Tropicalbri's]

Yes, they are WNL, slightly elevated by minuscule amounts so stress could easily cause the high low readings.
He doesn’t seem to be in any pain but I medicated him anyway because I don’t want him to scratch the sutures in his ears.
We did not put any sutures in the mouth, electric cautery worked well.

 

[Tropicalbri's]

Never let the Vet shave the incision site.

 

[JanS]

Speaking of that; Elroy still has a bit of stitch left in one of his ears. Our trainer (a paramedic) was trying to get it out and she clipped what was sticking out off thinking it would work it's way out, but it's still there.

 

[Tropicalbri's]

I would try massaging a paste of baking soda and vinegar on the ear and you could wrap the area of the ear with that paste on it for 24hrs. That usually helps foreign bodies come to the surface so you can take tweezers or Hemostats to gently pull it out.
Does it bother him?

 

[JanS]

Does it bother him?

Not at all but I can feel the embedded little bump. Thanks for the info!