My cat has an eye growth, antibiotics failed, could it be cancer?

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I saw a vet for my cat, he is a Maine Coon. He has a Growth on the Left upper top corner of his eye. It is coming from above his eye. I did find the "cherry eye". But in all those pics, the the gland is from the medial aspect of the eye. He acts like it is bothering him. His eye is not completely open and tearing. The vet gave me an antibiotic drops, this did not work. I stopped using them. She also mentioned cancer. I have a beautiful boy and love him so much. He is white with odd eyes. Pet's info: Cat | Maine Coon | Male | neutered | 1 year and 5 months old | 17 lbs

Jessica Keay, DVM · Accepted Answer

I am so sorry to hear about Bear. I would be concerned about a tumor as well if it is a mass coming from that region. The next step if the drops did not help and it is bothering your cat would be surgical removal of the mass. Some tumors are curable by surgical removal and may never cause an issue again, other types may come back if not completely removed or are more aggressive. After the surgery, the vet can send the tumor off for histopathology to identify the type of cancer that is present and determine if it is likely to return.

My cat has an eye growth, antibiotics failed, could it be cancer?

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