Hi everyone,
our little one has been diagnosed with a Piloleimysarcoma after a biopsy of a growth on her bottom lip that came fairly suddenly. It is type of a growth from one of the muscle layers and is unfortunately malignant. It is a very rare type of sarcoma and there is very little medical info to go on, outside of one research study done on 14 cats. I am wondering if anyone else has dealt with this?
They removed as much tissue as possible during the biopsy but it still showed more malignant tissue to potentially remove. It started around late January, biopsy came back mid April and we got a scan showing it had not spread as of mid-May.
It is a difficult spot to work on, and although it would be possible to go through another surgery, there is no assurance from the specialist surgeon that we would be able to get all the deep tissue. Our cat is soon to be 15 years old and we want to avoid anything that would make her feel miserable for little results in the end. Radiotherapy was offered but that would be 18 sessions with general anesthesia which is a no-go. Chemo has been offered too but that would not cure anything, only potentially delay progression (they can't tell for sure), with a 20% risk she does not support the chemo well.
Vet is unable to tell us what to expect, timeline and all given the little information available. If anyone has dealt with this in cats and has any information, I would be interested. Thank you,
our little one has been diagnosed with a Piloleimysarcoma after a biopsy of a growth on her bottom lip that came fairly suddenly. It is type of a growth from one of the muscle layers and is unfortunately malignant. It is a very rare type of sarcoma and there is very little medical info to go on, outside of one research study done on 14 cats. I am wondering if anyone else has dealt with this?
They removed as much tissue as possible during the biopsy but it still showed more malignant tissue to potentially remove. It started around late January, biopsy came back mid April and we got a scan showing it had not spread as of mid-May.
It is a difficult spot to work on, and although it would be possible to go through another surgery, there is no assurance from the specialist surgeon that we would be able to get all the deep tissue. Our cat is soon to be 15 years old and we want to avoid anything that would make her feel miserable for little results in the end. Radiotherapy was offered but that would be 18 sessions with general anesthesia which is a no-go. Chemo has been offered too but that would not cure anything, only potentially delay progression (they can't tell for sure), with a 20% risk she does not support the chemo well.
Vet is unable to tell us what to expect, timeline and all given the little information available. If anyone has dealt with this in cats and has any information, I would be interested. Thank you,
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