DANES R US Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hi Was just after a little advice about my 10mth old Great Dane x Floyd. He is almost completely white and is deaf and has very limited vision. Anyway on Christmas eve when i bathed him i noticed a huge lump under his jaw bone. A bit bigger than a golf ball. Took him to the vet and vet thought it might be infection so put him on antibiotics and did needle biopsy. Antibiotics brought it down in size somewhat and biopsy showed not much. Vet advised to wait a week and put hot compreses on lump as he believed it was a grass seed/infection and would come to a head. Lump got a bit softer and vet advised to leave it and see what happens. Lump remained unchanged from then on but have just noticed that it is now back to its original size (larger than golf ball). Floyd is fine in himself, not off his food and hasn't lost weight or shown any signs of illness. The lump is rock hard and not attached to the bone and is under the skin. It is not painfull at all or warm to the touch. Anyone have any ideas on what it might be ????? This may not be related but he has also recently come out in a fair amount of new pigmentation under his coat. Only noticed it when he had a bath and it showed up through his wet coat.?? Any advice greatly appreciated. We will be going back to the vet again anyway but just thought someone may have had a similar experience... Cheers Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlygirl Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Is the vet sure its a lymph node is it possible its a salivary gland? Talk with your and ask about having a fine needle biopsy done. This is where they stuck a needle into the middle of the lump, suck out some cells, stain them and look at them under a microscope. Sometimes the slides with the cells on are sent to an outside lab to be checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primedogs Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 we have recently gone through practically the same thing with a large lump under the jaw of our roughly 9 month old lab except I never heard about the hot compress, in the end after it went down following antibiotics but was still easily felt and started growing again he went under to have it cut open. It turned out to be fragments of a grass seed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centitout Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I would be getting a fine needle aspiration done to rule out Lymphoma as worst case,could be something simple like abcess,salivary gland infection etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hi Was just after a little advice about my 10mth old Great Dane x Floyd. He is almost completely white and is deaf and has very limited vision. Anyway on Christmas eve when i bathed him i noticed a huge lump under his jaw bone. A bit bigger than a golf ball. Took him to the vet and vet thought it might be infection so put him on antibiotics and did needle biopsy. Antibiotics brought it down in size somewhat and biopsy showed not much. Vet advised to wait a week and put hot compreses on lump as he believed it was a grass seed/infection and would come to a head. Lump got a bit softer and vet advised to leave it and see what happens. Lump remained unchanged from then on but have just noticed that it is now back to its original size (larger than golf ball). Floyd is fine in himself, not off his food and hasn't lost weight or shown any signs of illness. The lump is rock hard and not attached to the bone and is under the skin. It is not painfull at all or warm to the touch. Anyone have any ideas on what it might be ????? This may not be related but he has also recently come out in a fair amount of new pigmentation under his coat. Only noticed it when he had a bath and it showed up through his wet coat.?? Any advice greatly appreciated. We will be going back to the vet again anyway but just thought someone may have had a similar experience... Cheers Lisa I would be requesting a follow up with the fine needle aspirate - a result of 'showing not much', simply would not be satisfactory in my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANES R US Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Fine needle aspiration was done and showed that it was definately the lymph node and that there was a small increase in white blood cells and lymphoblasts and that it was showing signs of still growing but vet said this wasn't enough to indicate anything bad such as lymphoma but also didn't really indicate an infection with no pus etc found in the sample. Sample was sent outside the clinic to be checked. Will see what the vet says when we go back.. Thanks for the replys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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