Hi guys,

My GSD is about 10 months old. I've noticed that there is a strange looking nodule on the underside of his tongue, towards the tip. It is starting to poke through the top side of the tongue now also. On the underside of the tongue, it looks like a mini cauliflower. It doesn't appear to be painful, but it is obvious and seems to be getting more pronounce each week. Does anybody have any idea what this is?

I have a vet appointment in two weeks for a yearly checkup, but can get in earlier. Thanks in advance.

Will

I'd make the vet visit sooner.

Even though there are cauliflower-shaped tumors, there are much more common cauliflower-shaped viral warts on the tongue or lips or eyelids (most often those spots; sometimes the muzzle).

You want to know which it is.

Picture?

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1593&aid=424

Scroll down to "warts".

I are not a vet, though.

With something like this that could even *possibly* be cancerous, I would bump up that vet appointment. There are things that could look like this that ARE cancerous.

After reading some articles online, I would guess it's a wart of some kind. But that's just a guess. We're going to the vet tomorrow. Thanks guys.

 Quote: Will Grzybowski

After reading some articles online, I would guess it's a wart of some kind. But that's just a guess. We're going to the vet tomorrow. Thanks guys.

Better to be safe, IMO.

Will, PM Al Corbow. His dog K.C. I believe had a similar type of thing on his tongue a while back. I will give him a call & ask him to respond to your post if he has a chance. I would still take him to the vet for a look-see.

"Curbow"




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OOOOPS! My buddy Al's going to get me on that one.....wish my old RA hands could still type :-0

Hehehe ... I knew that you guys were buddies ..... I should have just PM'd you, but I'm such a witch. LOL

Yes, my hands are the worst joint-deterioration site for me, too.

Abstract:
Summary
Calcinosis circumscripta is an uncommon syndrome of ectopic idiopathic, dystrophic, metastatic or iatrogenic mineralization characterized by deposition of calcium salts in soft tissues. This paper is a retrospective study of 77 canine cases. The age of dogs in the study varied from 4 months to 15 years and 55% were <1 year old, 74% <2 years old and 88% <4 years old. Several pure and mixed, typically large breed dogs were affected so that 28.6, 13 and 9% were German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Labrador Retriever respectively. The size of lesions varied from 2 mm to 13 cm in diameter but most lesions were between 0.5 cm and 3 cm in diameter. Lesions were solitary in 82% of the affected dogs, and occurred most commonly on the hind feet (50%) and tongue (23%). With multiple lesions there was no apparent body symmetry. Microscopically, most lesions were well-defined single or multiple variably sized aggregates of amorphous to granular, lightly to darkly basophilic material with or without peripheral granulomatous reaction and surrounded by varying amounts of fibrous connective tissue. Additionally, three small nodular masses in the wall of the jejunum of a dog were diagnosed as calcinosis circumscripta. This is the first reported case of idiopathic intestinal calcinosis circumscripta in the dog.
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2004.00675.x
Affiliations: 1: Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, P.O. Box 71345-1731, Shiraz, Iran 2: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada C1A 4P3