Pinky is a one year old hairless mouse who visited the clinic when her owner noticed a small mass on her neck. Our veterinarian performed a ‘fine needle aspirate’ to obtain a tiny sample of the tissue to determine what kind of mass it was. This sample was sent to a laboratory for testing and luckily for Pinky it was found to be an ‘adenoma’ which is a benign tumour.
Although it was benign, the mass tripled in size over the following weeks, so the decision was made to remove it surgically before it affected Pinky’s quality of life.
Pinky was anaesthetised with a face mask and a ventilator was used to make sure she was breathing well. She was placed on a bair hugger to keep her warm and a Darvell heat cube ensured the anaesthetic gas and oxygen she was breathing was also warm. These made sure that Pinky’s body temperature was maintained while she was asleep. Her ear was taped aside to made sure it didn’t touch the sterile surgical field.
This is Pinky’s surgical site after the mass was removed. The wound was closed with very fine, transparent suture that dissolves over time, so we won’t need to remove the tiny stitches later. Pinky recovered well from surgery and went home on pain relief for a few days.
