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| Discussion on Melanoma on the eyelid | |
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| New Member: Duplisse |
Posted on Friday, Aug 22, 2003 - 11:22 pm: I have a 7 yr old dapple gray Egyption Arabian. Recently he has developed a lump on the upper eyelid. My vet believes it to be a melanoma and wants to remove it surgically. He said the only way to find out for sure is to do a biopsy, but that is risky because aggravating the growth sometimes can cause more problems. He said he will attempt to remove the affected eyelid and the growth then stretch the remaining eyelid sections together and suture them. If the it is melanoma and he can't get it all it may grow back and at that point he believes we should remove the eye. He talked to an opthomologist who suggested the removal, but that doctor never even looked at the pictures of my horse. I am very nervous about this and would love to have your opinion. The pictures I am including are titled as sarcoid, because I thought that this was more likely the type of growth it was. He has only one other growth on his neck, but none in the areas one would expect like the anus, sheath, penis, etc.   
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