During surgery
Of all of the exciting things that happened this week, there was only one thing worth noting. On Friday the 5th (during week 4), a three year old female sheep was presented to the University for a large growth under her chin. The owner said it has been there for the last two years and was only continuing to grow. On my personal differential I had a few possible reasons for the growth; including a serious case of caseous lymphadenitis, or some kind of cancerous growth. I was very confident in the probability of it being cancerous. My reason being, caseous lymphadenitis is very common in goats and sheep, but the
Mass after removal
abscesses caused by the disease usually only last a couple weeks and do not reach the size of the growth on this sheep.
The most reasonable route of treatment was surgery to take the growth out. In all honesty, the sheep was not expected to live through the surgery. The procedure took almost two and a half hours, but went very smoothly, and the sheep made it out of the surgery alive.
After the mass was removed it was submitted to pathology. The results were not returned until after I got finished with my internship. This case made the entire week worth-while.
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