https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/21487/11yo-cat-with-mass-on-jaw This might be a very obvious question but there are a couple of strange aspects somebody might be able to shed a bit of light on. Patient is 11yo MN DLH cat. No prior hx illness or disease. Presented for vaccination earlier this week, solid (boneen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/129591?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:23:40 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:27c6aaa0-6ef3-464e-85d7-1e1037223646Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Matt Hilary&quot;]I&#39;ve given a pretty poor prognosis and sent home with clindamycin/nsaids. Any other thoughts?[/quote]</p> <p>Several thoughts but no conclusions!</p> <p>Maybe I&#39;m misinterpreting, but there seems to be an almost complete loss of normal bone of the mandible and teeth seem to have the floating-in-nothing appearance, so the loss of the lower canine teeth is not surprising (but there again, cats lose teeth from straightforward periodontal disease and the owners just don&#39;t notice); I am surprised that the left mandibular cheek teeth are not loose.</p> <p>I&#39;m pretty sure this is neoplasia, and with a poor prognosis, but as you know you can&#39;t make a certain diagnosis about a lump by looking at it.</p> <p>I don&#39;t think I would give it clindamycin, myself.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>