Strawberry cyst on Milly's leg
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Milly got over her scratching with antibiotics, turned out to be a flea allergy. So since then she has been in to get spayed. Just got the stitches out today. We noticed the other day she had a small red growth on the top of her front leg. (dog equivilent of an arm pit)
The vet said today that it is a strawberry something or other, like a cyst. Very common in young dogs and that they usually last about 3 weeks, getting bigger before turning black and dying off.
If it doesn't then we've to take her back.
This is something I've never heard of before. It does look like a strawberry too.
The vet said today that it is a strawberry something or other, like a cyst. Very common in young dogs and that they usually last about 3 weeks, getting bigger before turning black and dying off.
If it doesn't then we've to take her back.
This is something I've never heard of before. It does look like a strawberry too.
I'd have thought it was a histiocytoma.
Common in young dogs. They are self limiting and rarely need intervention except maybe sometimes with steroid cream but this isn't used so often these days
. Very occasionally they need surgical removal but only if they don't start reducing in size after a few weeks or get infected. Think I've only seen one surgically removed.
I have not heard it be called a strawberry cyst however so can't be 100% certain they are one of the same (plus I am not allowed as a nutse to diagnose and esp not over the internet)
In my experience they tend to just start shrinking away again not turn black before dropping off?
If after a few weeks it is not changing or getting worse then they should at least take a sample to ensure it is nothing else.
Common in young dogs. They are self limiting and rarely need intervention except maybe sometimes with steroid cream but this isn't used so often these days
. Very occasionally they need surgical removal but only if they don't start reducing in size after a few weeks or get infected. Think I've only seen one surgically removed.
I have not heard it be called a strawberry cyst however so can't be 100% certain they are one of the same (plus I am not allowed as a nutse to diagnose and esp not over the internet)
In my experience they tend to just start shrinking away again not turn black before dropping off?
If after a few weeks it is not changing or getting worse then they should at least take a sample to ensure it is nothing else.
Edited by bexVN on Saturday 22 March 20:44
Edited by bexVN on Saturday 22 March 20:46
Edited by bexVN on Saturday 22 March 21:00
Thanks for the response Bex, slight misunderstanding there. When I said dying off, I did mean shrinking back again, not as you thought I meant, dropping off.
The vet called it a strawberry something or other because even to me, it does look like a strawberry. Probably does have a more scientific name but that's what he used to explain it to mrs tt.
The vet called it a strawberry something or other because even to me, it does look like a strawberry. Probably does have a more scientific name but that's what he used to explain it to mrs tt.
TOPTON said:
Thanks for the response Bex, slight misunderstanding there. When I said dying off, I did mean shrinking back again, not as you thought I meant, dropping off.
The vet called it a strawberry something or other because even to me, it does look like a strawberry. Probably does have a more scientific name but that's what he used to explain it to mrs tt.
I did look up the term strawberry cyst and they do link it to using it to explain histiocytomas so poss one of the same.The vet called it a strawberry something or other because even to me, it does look like a strawberry. Probably does have a more scientific name but that's what he used to explain it to mrs tt.
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