>Cleo, my little retard, acting fine except a little sleepier than her
>sleepy self, has slowly developed a golfball sized lump in RUQ of abd.
>Non tender.  Normal appetite, peeing, pooping fine.  Always been (and
>still is) plump.  Vet aspirated bloody fluid now being analyzed.  Blood
>work pending.  Xray showed GI tract not involved except that she is gassy.
>Coat was fine until last week when she shed her summer coat, now a bit
>ratty but I'm hoping for her new beautiful coat next week.
 
Dr Williams said:
>A golfball sized mass until proven otherwise in the right upper quadrant
>is probably adrenal in origin, and the size strongly suggests malignancy.
>As she is currently doing pretty well, otherwise, I would probably suggest
>an exploratory within a few days max.  The sooner we get it out and looked
>at the better.  The likelihood of malignancy, regardless of the origin is
>high, and it is always preferable to take malignancies out sooner rather
>than later."
 
Thankyou Dr Williams.  The path report on aspirated fluid says "prior
hemorrhage, normal liver tissue...possible hemangioma or hemangiosarcoma
or hepatoma".  Hct is 31.0, ALT is 695, AST is 173.  She does not appear
to be in pain, still eating.  Weight is down 7 oz from 5 months ago.  She
is scheduled for exploratory lap on Friday.
 
Your response was much appreciated.
cb
[Posted in FML issue 3322]