Yearling with melanoma

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just wondered my 14th month old Connemara has been diagnosed with melnoma ( inner buttock) . He has seen the vet who will remove it once it's grown . I've never heard of something so young getting melnoma before and wondered if anybody else had? I've looked in line and can't find anything documented . Vet said he hasn't seen it in something so young either .
 
Has the lump been biopsied? Has the lab confirmed that it's melanoma or not?

I ask because my (young) grey has had a few lumps removed that the Vet thought were melanoma, but after histology, they were found to be fungal.
 
No biopsy as he would require sedation Vet said let it grow a neck on it and he will remove it . He is pretty sure as he can be without a biopsy that it's melnoma it in no way appears fungal to me . And has all the characteristics of melnoma plus it suddenly appeared during his current growth spurt . Plus I've not long treated him with deOsect.
 
Here's one of them before removal. Does it look fungal to you? It fooled the Vet.

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I'm just saying that although your Vet might be completely right and your horse does have a melanoma, until it's looked at properly by a lab, you don't actually know for certain what it is.
 
I realise that no biopsy to confirm makes the statement it's a melnoma precarious poor choice of words on my part . It's grown so quick
 
Sorry posted too soon . How old is your horse ? I hope the vet is wrong and it is fungal . Can you tell me how to post a photo please?
 
Older than yours. I think she was three when she grew her first lump. They have all been protruding lumps that are round and grow quickly. She's had quite a few removed now, mainly from her head and neck. She did have a lump on one of her buttocks (looked similar) but it fell off, so was never sent to the lab.

ETA for photos I upload to photobucket (but a similar photo hosting site is fine) and then post the IMG code in the forum reply box. :)
 
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