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...chemotherapy can be considered. Cats and dogs have two lungs, the right and left, and each lung is divided into several lobes that can be removed separately. Most lung lobe...

...esophagus. The first occurs when there is compromise of lung or tracheal tissue resulting in inhaled air escaping into the chest cavity and accumulating around the lungs. Compromised lung tissue...

...hypercalcemia and presence of lymph node involvement. Surgical removal of these nodes can produce long-term relief of constipation. Some animals have had multiple surgeries to remove recurrent lymph nodes to...

...may also result in rib fractures, lung lacerations, and lung bruising. These injuries may lead to pneumothorax (air in the chest outside the lungs), or hemothorax (blood in the chest...

...risk of tumor cells spreading (metastasizing) to other areas, particularly the lungs and other bones. While bone tumors are rarely found in cats, osteosarcoma is also the most common type...

...into the thoracic cavity. These pets have difficulty breathing as the chyle that builds up in the chest prevents their lungs from fully inflating with air. The lymphatic fluid that...

...character of all the mammary masses and assess local lymph node enlargement. Other procedures are performed to stage the cancer (determine what type it is and where it is located...