11/29/2025
Meet C**t! C**t is a 13 year-old English Setter who is the most patient boy with the biggest heart! For more than a year, C**t was battling recurrent ear infections. These were so painful, he would run and hide when the ear medications came out.
C**t was referred to MarQueen by his family veterinarian for a CT scan to further evaluate his ear to look for evidence of a severe infection, a foreign object, or a mass. Based on the CT report, there was concern for a tumor with some slightly enlarged local lymph nodes. Prior to surgery C**t underwent full staging, meaning his chest, abdomen, and the local lymph nodes were all checked for signs of cancerous spread. This staging revealed enlarged local lymph nodes as well as a lung mass. To evaluate if there were any cancer cells present, C**t was sedated, and multiple needle samples were collected by a board-certified radiologist. Thankfully the lymph node was free of cancer; however, the lung mass was confirmed to be a type of cancer called a carcinoma, thought to be arising primarily from lung tissue unrelated to his ear mass. Because C**t's ear infections were causing such a major issue for his quality of life and he had no clinical signs for his lung tumor, it was elected to move forward with surgery to remove the ear mass and ear canal.
We are pleased to announce, and hear from the owners, that he is just like a puppy again! The best news came when we received the biopsy results back from the lab; they found C**t's ear mass to be benign! This confirmed our suspicions that the ear and lung masses were completely unrelated. We all hope C**t has many more pain-free days in his future!
