4577. VET CASE. A cat has aural haematoma - needs surgery

 29 Jan 2023. 

AURAL HAEMATOMA IN A CAT - Rare case.

"Vet 1 used a syringe and needle to suck out the blood from my cat' s swollen left ear," Elsie said to me. "But the ear swelling re-appears. I have repeated the sucking out the blood again over the last seven days, but the swelling keeps coming back!

"I phoned my friend Mary. She said that surgery is needed!"

"Surgery is preferred to syringing out the blood. The vet makes a big S-shaped cut to drain out the blood," I told Elsie. "The ear must be bandaged for around 10 days if you are worried about the ear shape turning into a cauliflower mass."

As at 4 Feb 2023, the couple had decided to get surgery done by Vet 1 soon.

  UPDATES AT:
  https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/01/4577-vet-case-cat-has-aural-haematoma.html

 

AURAL HAEMTOMAA cat keeps scratching her swollen ear.  What to do?

VIDEO on physical examination at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y8rxnKreVU

 

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2 FEB 2023. Video evidence.

 Dr Sing Kong Yuen documents the rare case of an aural haematoma (swollen ear with blood inside the ear pinna) and explains its surgical treatment. The owners will get the cat operated by Vet 1's clinic. Vet 1 had been giving steroids, antibiotics and had advised the couple to use the needle and syringe aspirations to suck out the blood. Every 2 days, the couple aspirated, but the swelling recurs. Now they decided to let Vet 1 do an operation to release the blood. Surgical treatment is the standard option for aural haematomas as needle aspirations do not work in most cases.

 UPDATES AT:
  https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/01/4577-vet-case-cat-has-aural-haematoma.html

 

 

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 AURAL HAEMTOMAA cat keeps scratching her swollen ear.  What to do?

VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y8rxnKreVU