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My dog has growing lumps under skin and seems restless. What's wrong?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 8 years and 3 months old

My 8 yr old Africanus has 3 large lumps under the skin on his side, closer to his hind leg. When I press on them it does not hurt, but they are big and they seem to grow larger. It does not look like it bothers him but I cant be sure because at the same time he seems restless lately.

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Published on June 5th, 2017

These kind of lumps/growths need to be ideally assessed by your veterinarian to have a definitive and specific answer. Usually there are two ways your vet can do that a part from examining it directly during physical examination. A biopsy can be taken under local or general anesthetic, otherwise a smaller sample through a fine needle can be aspirated (this technique is called FNA= fine needle aspiration).
Differentials include skin cysts, infections, benign or more sinister type of tumors.
Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.
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