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Cats + Surgical Conditions

  • Tumours of the spleen are common in older dogs, but rare in cats.

  • Most swellings and tumours of the uterus are not cancerous. The commonest in the female dog is cystic endometrial hyperplasia (overgrowth of the inner lining of the uterus) due to hormone stimulation.

  • Kidney tumours are rare in dogs and cats. When they do occur, they are almost invariably malignant (invasive and spreading) and called renal carcinoma.

  • This is a tumour of the blood vessels of the skin or subcutaneous tissue. Some are benign (haemangioma) but a few are malignant (haemangiosarcoma).

  • These are tumours of the blood vessels. Some are benign (haemangioma) but most are malignant (haemangiosarcoma).