My Bichon has a soft chest lump and is throwing up. What's next?

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Hello- My 10 y/o little Bichon girl, who has always been really healthy, suddenly has a large, soft, rubbery mass on her chest next to her left front leg. She almost never throws up but has done so twice in the last few days. Otherwise healthy & happy & hungry. Just want to know what my veterinarian will be considering at our appointment tomorrow. Recently lost a dear 16 y/o Poodle and I 'm a little scared for my Bichon. Thankyou-Joni. Pet's info: Dog | Bichon Frise | Female | spayed | 14 lbs

Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

This kind of lump/growth needs to be ideally assessed by your veterinarian to have a definitive and specific answer. Considering your description the mass could be a lipoma, which is a benign tumor, that can grow in size but does not tend to spread. Other differentials are anyway possible (for example an enlarged lymph node or a more sinister type of tumor). Usually there are two ways your vet can do that a part from examining it directly during physical examination. A biopsy can be taken under local or general anesthetic, otherwise a smaller sample through a fine needle can be aspirated (this technique is called FNA= fine needle aspiration). Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

My Bichon has a soft chest lump and is throwing up. What's next?

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