Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Histiocytoma (poor Chukar)

It's not a tumor...oh wait, it is...but it is benign (thankfully).
Poor Chukar had an emergency trip to the vet yesterday
...and even had a biopsy!
Here he is sleeping on mama....

A histiocytoma in the dog is a benign tumor. It is an abnormal growth in the skin of histiocytes (histiocytosis), a cell that is part of the immune system.

The vet says that it will go away in 2-3 months on it own...and since it doesn't bother Chuk (and we know that he is ok)...Rich and I can sleep a little easier (hopefully)!!!

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