Bleeding wart on point of hock

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:48:28 GMT

Sorry to hear that

Wynne

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Bob Russell — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:36:30 GMT

That cured the wart problem!

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Anthony Dennison — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:33:04 GMT

Update on the case - whilst I was away he was put to sleep as he had started showing signs of aggression to people and other dogs.

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Aine Seavers — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 03:03:16 GMT

Agree re ligature, else use Aldara sid x 5 days then biw- works in about 50% of them.

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Thomas Johnson — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:00:35 GMT

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What would be the best way of managing something like this? Surgical resolution is just going to put another wound there, cautery the same. Would something like applying silver nitrate potentially work? Or would the leg need dressing and replacing every few days whilst it healed?

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How pedunculated is it? Could you just tie a piece of suture material around it and wait for it to fall off?

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Robin Grimmer — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:24:24 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]Maybe just snip and cauterise?[/quote]

This was my first thought, but would it not just leave another wound from cautery that could potentially break down and bleed?

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Depends how big it is I suppose. If it's small enough it should heal up ok by 2nd intention. Warts tend to bleed when they get knocked, but once you've removed it and cauterised it it should take care of any bleeding.

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Anthony Dennison — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:05:37 GMT

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]Maybe just snip and cauterise?[/quote]

This was my first thought, but would it not just leave another wound from cautery that could potentially break down and bleed?

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Robin Grimmer — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:26:42 GMT

Maybe just snip and cauterise?

RE: Bleeding wart on point of hock

Bob Russell — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:17:08 GMT

Impression smears can be quite informative. Relatively cheap and easy. Obviously might not be that informative but without knowing what the mass is, makes it more difficult to manage.

Minor warts seem to do OK with excision but cryo might be another possibility!