Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello! As a vet, my priorities for an animal usually go like this: 1) are they stable in themselves / might it be an emergency to treat the symptoms. 2) what kind of disease is underlying the symptoms. 3) what exactly might be causing it. I am not going to go from your list of symptoms straight to a diagnosis like 'hydated cyst.' There may be many possibities - or differentials - associated with those symptoms, some of which your vet will be able to rule in or out immediately and some of which, tests will be needed to pinpoint. Dogs can get various cysts on the liver, but theyre not the most common in the UK, so unless there are complicating factors, it may not be the firat thing that your vet tries to rule out. Other possibilities / differentials may include gasteroenteritis, pancreatitis, a foreign body, and so on. If you ask the vet what the most likely possibilities are, they may choose to rule those out first.
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