Blue lump

My old collie icey has had a blue lump on her neck for a year now, recently it has changed to a pale blue but today it has gone a darker blue again so vet has taken a sample out of it but said when he took a sample it had some blood in it too so he is sending it off for testing at the labs. Pathologist?? Just wandered if anyone elses dog may of had a lump this colour before ?

Oh Rose. Hope it's nothing serious for the gorgeous Icey.

Sending huge hugs and loads of positive vibes hon xxxxx

Keep us posted please

will do vicki, just one thing after the other at present.

Sorry No....But we are sending healing vibes to Icey and hoping it is a simple thing hun xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Results of lump now back & possibly lump from a a foreign body, tumour of some kind or from a trauma?? so no real result there but vet says we ought to have it taken off & sent in for more testing to come to a result.

Not the best news in the world, eh Rose? Are you going to have it removed?

Poor Icey *hugs*

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Sorry to hear the results were not overly helpful.
Will you go ahead with more surgery to get a more conclusive result?
I'm sending lots of positive (((vibes))) to Icey and (((hugs))) to you.
Sorry I can't be more help.

Not sure what's the best thing to do, don't think its a harmful lump or cancerous or surely vet would of been told by lab.

What a worry for you obviously the path lab could not conclusively find anything nasty but also could not rule it out. Think if the dog were mine I would want to find out what it was and providing the animal is strong and otherwise healthy I would go for further investigation.

As you say if they had found anything positively nasty your vet would have said but it would concern me that they seem to have found nothing at all. Could be the biopsy was not good enough or that the cause lies deeper than the vet was able to extract at the earlier attempt.

Think if you trust your vet you should talk it over with them and come to a conclusion on further action together taking into account the changes noted in the colour and if the area effected or if the size has increased at all since it was first noticed.

I'm with Pita on this one - good advice.

I would want more investigating done to the lump as well, providing Icey is healthy enough to cope with it and still has good time ahead of her.

It certainly doesn't sound like a fleshy lump that comes with age, but then that's obvious going by what you've said!

Sorry I'm of no help at all, I hope it turns out to be nothing serious that can be treated. All the best, Rose.