https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/16390/mast-cell-seeding I performed a multiple mass removal on a 13y6m working Springer Spaniel yesterday, one small mass on the left carpus, one on the left flank, and a third on the medial aspect of the left stifle. I had taken an FNA of the carpal mass which came back asen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/97723?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:39:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:086ae39c-0e77-4045-9f3b-c5f87c5e99c5Anthony Dennison<p>Yeah, I was thinking this as I was closing, but I hadn&#39;t really thought about it until then because the dog had been under GA for quite some time by the end of the op so didn&#39;t want to waste time waiting for the camera etc. A few of them were attached to one of the masses sent off for histo, so might get an answer that way.</p> <p>Think it&#39;s just I&#39;m concerned that things have already spread. I&#39;ll wait for the histo report to give me staging of the disease, but I have already warned the owner that further chemo using masivet may be required.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Had a couple of cases not go my way recently, and one has probably resulted in a client leaving the practice, so I really, REALLY, want to win on this one. Especially as the owners are so nice, and the dog does not look or act his age! (Though he has had to be hospitalised for 24 hours to help recover from the long GA)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/97721?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:54:47 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:76ab1912-d65e-42ac-b0dc-b174bb45e607James Laidlaw<p>Hard to say without seeing them! I would expect any deposition of mast cells to look like mast cells under the microscope though, no?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>