centitout Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Just hoping someone on here has some ideas-I have never had this problem before and have really only seen mammary tumours in old dogs,generally undesexed. Sent a entire bitch to a breeder several months ago,she had just finished having a psuedopregnancy after her first heat at 13 mths.She developed a lot in the teat area but that had disappeared when she left.A few weeks ago owner noticed her scratching the front nipple,and on squeezing a small dribble of blood tinged discharge came out,but otherwise wasnt sore to touch etc.Went to vets where she was put on ABS,palpated and tissue sample taken .He said there was no hard masses,but the teat had a lot of soft ,lumpy tissue,so i put it down to hormonal maybe? He said to squeeze it out for a few days,but now it has blown up, after he put a drain in,and she went crappy in the coat etc,so now he is recommending removal .The owner is willing to send the tissue off for biopsy,but not keen on removal.Anyone have any clue or had this in a young bitch before? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterhound Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Just hoping someone on here has some ideas-I have never had this problem before and have really only seen mammary tumours in old dogs,generally undesexed.Sent a entire bitch to a breeder several months ago,she had just finished having a psuedopregnancy after her first heat at 13 mths.She developed a lot in the teat area but that had disappeared when she left.A few weeks ago owner noticed her scratching the front nipple,and on squeezing a small dribble of blood tinged discharge came out,but otherwise wasnt sore to touch etc.Went to vets where she was put on ABS,palpated and tissue sample taken .He said there was no hard masses,but the teat had a lot of soft ,lumpy tissue,so i put it down to hormonal maybe? He said to squeeze it out for a few days,but now it has blown up, after he put a drain in,and she went crappy in the coat etc,so now he is recommending removal .The owner is willing to send the tissue off for biopsy,but not keen on removal.Anyone have any clue or had this in a young bitch before? Thanks I'd suggest contacting Baylord, as I recall one of her bitches requiring some attention to a mammary lump when she was only relatively young and prior to ever having a litter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centitout Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Just hoping someone on here has some ideas-I have never had this problem before and have really only seen mammary tumours in old dogs,generally undesexed.Sent a entire bitch to a breeder several months ago,she had just finished having a psuedopregnancy after her first heat at 13 mths.She developed a lot in the teat area but that had disappeared when she left.A few weeks ago owner noticed her scratching the front nipple,and on squeezing a small dribble of blood tinged discharge came out,but otherwise wasnt sore to touch etc.Went to vets where she was put on ABS,palpated and tissue sample taken .He said there was no hard masses,but the teat had a lot of soft ,lumpy tissue,so i put it down to hormonal maybe? He said to squeeze it out for a few days,but now it has blown up, after he put a drain in,and she went crappy in the coat etc,so now he is recommending removal .The owner is willing to send the tissue off for biopsy,but not keen on removal.Anyone have any clue or had this in a young bitch before? Thanks I'd suggest contacting Baylord, as I recall one of her bitches requiring some attention to a mammary lump when she was only relatively young and prior to ever having a litter!! I must admit,it is worrying,but the vet doesnt think its a mammary tumour-he said it is more like several soft lumps,not the normal tumour feel,but he still recommends taking it off.She was to be used for breeding if she passed her health tests,but i dont know about that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Baggins Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 It sounds to me she has mastitis and should be on better AB's suggest culture some of the exudate and see what grows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centitout Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Thats one of the things i thought of,but she has been gone for over 2 mths now,and the teat wasnt hot,temp normal etc.She was only put on amoxycillan,so maybe something stronger is needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinbcs Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I have just had a teat removed from a 10 year old that had one litter at 3 and was desexed 2 years ago. She had a lump that was discharging a yellow fluid from the nipple that did not clear with treatment. Apparently doing a needle biopsy on a soft lump is not reliable so we opted to take out the whole lump and surrounding teat as a precaution. It turned out to be a cyst BUT it had a tiny tumour in the middle of it that would not have been detected by a needle biopsy.This is the pre-cancerous stage of mammary cancer. I know this was an older bitch but it is something I have never encountered before. Sometimes it is better to remove lumps to be on the safe side. If it turns out to just be a cyst then all good, but at least you know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Unlikely to be a tumour - bitch is young, season etc. More likely to be cyst, or what others have suggested. It should be possible to remove the lump and not the teat and that is what I would do, and have a biopsy done. dancinbcs post is worth noting - but that is very uncommon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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