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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / July 2004Possible good news!
Willie has had his exploratory surgery. The vet didn't find the primary mass the ultrasound had seen, rather, he found many enlarged lymph nodes which he biopsied, and a "pea sized" thickening of the pyelorus which he also biopsied. Now we wait on pathology. Keep us posted! > Willie has had his exploratory surgery. The vet didn't find the primary > mass the ultrasound had seen, rather, he found many enlarged lymph nodes > which he biopsied, and a "pea sized" thickening of the pyelorus which he > also biopsied. > > Now we wait on pathology. In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "Betsy" <n0spam@spam.c-0> artfully composed this message within <news:oveMc.48$x11.2357@news.abs.net> on 23 Jul 2004: > Willie has had his exploratory surgery. The vet didn't find the > primary mass the ultrasound had seen, rather, he found many > enlarged lymph nodes which he biopsied, and a "pea sized" > thickening of the pyelorus which he also biopsied. > > Now we wait on pathology. That sounds encouraging. When do the path reports come back? Can you let us know what they said? Fingers crossed!  SignatureCheryl > Willie has had his exploratory surgery. The vet didn't find the primary > mass the ultrasound had seen, rather, he found many enlarged lymph nodes > which he biopsied, and a "pea sized" thickening of the pyelorus which he > also biopsied. .......did he have any impressions about what he saw? buglady take out the dog before replying The pathology usually takes about 3 weekdays, so I'm guessing Tues. or Weds. The vet said it could still be lymphoma but the bowel is fine, the kidneys are fine, the liver is fine, just a lot of really big lymph nodes. An endoscopy has not been done, so if all the path. is negative, perhaps that's the next step? > > Willie has had his exploratory surgery. The vet didn't find the primary > > mass the ultrasound had seen, rather, he found many enlarged lymph nodes [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > buglady > take out the dog before replying circa Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:12:47 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Betsy (n0spam@spam.c-0) said, > The pathology usually takes about 3 weekdays, so I'm guessing Tues. or Weds. > The vet said it could still be lymphoma but the bowel is fine, the kidneys > are fine, the liver is fine, just a lot of really big lymph nodes. > > An endoscopy has not been done, so if all the path. is negative, perhaps > that's the next step? If your cat has already had exploratory surgery, an endoscopy would be redundant. Endoscopy is typically used when the owner or vet wants to avoid doing exploratory surgery for whatever reason, or when endoscopy is sufficient for diagnosis. However, exploratory surgery provides more information and opportunity to obtain tissue samples than an endoscopy does. Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde |
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