Splenectomy

This is the case of a 14 year old, male, neutered West Highland White Terrier who presented in emergency on a Sunday after he collapsed at home. Only 4 days before he had been seen by his vet after an episode of seizure, and he was currently on anti-epileptic drugs (Epiphen) twice a day, and on  tramadol and gabapentin for his arthritis, also twice a day.

On arrival, the dog was tachycardic, his mucous membranes were very pale, and his capillary refill time very prolonged, all signs of shock. Apart from that, his breathing was heavy, body temperature was slight low, his abdominal palpation was uncomfortable, although he did not seem to be bloated, and he was unable to stand up yet. He was immediately admitted to start on aggressive fluid therapy to counteract the shock. It was hard to place an intravenous catheter, but we finally managed to get one into his vein and start the therapy.

Feline kidney cancer/cáncer de riñón felino

     On a Sunday evening, a 7 years old, male neutered British shorthair cat presented with anorexia, weight loss, drinking and urinating more than usual for several days, and now he was also vomiting. 

     Una tarde de domingo se presentó un gato "british shorthair" esterilizado de 7 años, con anorexia, pérdida de peso, bebiendo y orinando en exceso desde hacía varios días, y ahora estaba vomitando.

     During his clinical examination, it was noticed his high dehydration, based on his skin tent, as well as his emaciation, his very pale colour, some pain on his abdominal palpation and what seemed a mass in his belly (read more). 

Anal sac tumour in a dog/Tumor de la glándula anal de un perro

Patient ready for surgery

     I was welcome to witness the surgical removal of an anal sac tumour in a crossbreed senior dog with a history of anal sac infection and blockade, going on for several years. Although his owner used to home empty his anal gland, on a routine check up it was noticed a mass behind his right gland, consistent with a tumour (read more). 

Oral tumours in dogs/tumores bucales en perros

There is a variety of oral tumours we can find in dogs. Two of them are specially common.
Hay una variedad de tumores orales que podemos encontrar en perros. Dos de ellos son especialmente comunes.

"Lion's jaw" in a 11 months old westy

1. Oral epuli or "polips" is a smooth, pink growth of tissue in the gums, that don't spread to the body (benign), but may affect the dental pieces by moving them apart, facilitating the settling of dental plaque, and making chewing annoying or painful.

1. Épuli o pólipos orales, son un crecimiento de tejido en la encía, suave y rosado, que no se extiende al resto del cuerpo (benigno), pero afecta a las piezas dentales al desplazarlas, facilita la aparición de sarro, y puede hacer la masticación molesta o dolorosa (read more)

Dog with cryptorchidism/ perro con criptorquidia

Criptorchidism occurs when both testes, for an unknowed cause but remarked heredity, are out of the scrotum. The testes remain high in the abdomen during the pregnancy. During the first 6 month of life they move from the abdomen through the inguinal canals into the two sides of the scrotum. After this time it is highly improbably they descend.

El criptorquidismo se da cuando ambos testículos, por razón desconocida pero de marcada

Breast tumours/tumores de mamas

Breast tumour is very usual in female dogs who have not been spayed. The older they are, the more probably it becomes, and the more antibabies injections the got, the worse.

When one of these tumours breaks out and get infected some kind of "path" must be left for the pus to drain, from just a little hole (as if we forgot to do the last stitch) to a tube attached like in the left photo.

Tumours in female cats/ tumores en gatas

This is the plaque of a 12 year old female cat who has been coming to the clinic for several years and several problems. After years having intestinal problems due to both internal and external papillomas, she got worse and ate less every day. For a week we tried to make her feel better, with poor results. Then, despite being under antibiotics, she could not breeth properly. An X-ray showed several tumours in her lungs, perhaps comming from the mamal tumours she has had (and had been operated) for four