99.9 % chance it’s a harmless lipoma.
They’re self-limiting in size and that depends on where they pop up.
Under her armpit is the best place.
Izzy got hers there when she was 2 and it stayed the same size until she died.
Minny had one on her ribs which left it unlimited room to expand and it was half-a-tennis ball big at 13.
If you can take it between your fingers and roll it around, it’s a 100% bet.
The ones that pop up on muscle mass tend to be more tightly attached.
It’s just a blob of harmless fat.
Have your vet make SURE it’s not a lipoma before you resort to surgery.
If it is, and it’s cut out, others will almost certainly pop up later.
It’s got to do with cholesterol metabolism and tends to be hereditary.
A friend’s dog had so many he looked like a sack of doorknobs by the time he died of old age.
You have such a way with words. :-)
Nah, she aspirated, which made me nervous because it’s grown anyway since I first discovered it. Anyhow as I was saying, she aspirated that plus a smaller she found a few inches back on the ribs, and I waited while she put it under the scope right then.
The new small one is likely a cyst due to the skin, fat cells, dead cells & other detritus - I’m not too worried about that.
The big one is roughly the size & shape of a pingpong ball, and feels like cupping a single gonad. While she found no mast cells, the most malignant, she didn’t like the looks of it. She nodded in agreement when I said I want it OUT of her.
Got a kick outta your “sack of doorknobs” image, tho. I had a collie who grew a single large lipoma at what was normally the narrowest part of the waist, on her right side. Larges as a grapefruit & squishy.