You should feel subcutaneous nodules to see if they are soft like lipomas, hard like fibromas and malignant tumors, or tender, as in superficial abscesses or hematomas.
The initial impressions were mostly benign lesions, including lipoma or fibroma.
If a dog had a benign tumour like a lipoma that needed to be removed because it was causing discomfort, I'd likely go ahead with it on most dogs, unless they were extremely old for their breed and/or didn't tolerate surgery well.
Because lipomas are almost always benign (not cancer), they usually do not need treatment.
They are the third most common primary cardiac tumors after myxomas and lipomas, accounting for 7% of all primary cardiac tumors.
Definition of lipoma in US English:
lipoma
noun
Medicine
A benign tumor of fatty tissue.
〔医〕脂肪瘤
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The initial impressions were mostly benign lesions, including lipoma or fibroma.
You should feel subcutaneous nodules to see if they are soft like lipomas, hard like fibromas and malignant tumors, or tender, as in superficial abscesses or hematomas.
If a dog had a benign tumour like a lipoma that needed to be removed because it was causing discomfort, I'd likely go ahead with it on most dogs, unless they were extremely old for their breed and/or didn't tolerate surgery well.
They are the third most common primary cardiac tumors after myxomas and lipomas, accounting for 7% of all primary cardiac tumors.
Because lipomas are almost always benign (not cancer), they usually do not need treatment.