My dog has a growing pink sore with holes on her back leg. What is it?

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My English mastiff has a pinkish sore/blister on her outside back leg. It was small but now larger and appears to have 3 holes in it. Pet's info: Dog | English Mastiff | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 3 months old | 130 lbs

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

This kind of lesion/blister needs to be ideally assessed by your veterinarian to have a definitive and specific answer. 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). Differentials include skin cysts, infections, benign or more sinister type of tumors. Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

My dog has a growing pink sore with holes on her back leg. What is it?

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