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- Nodular lesions of various sizes that can be up to 4 centimeters, smooth, hairless, ulcerous, or crusted.
- Lesions are distributed anywhere on the body, most common in extremities, scrotum, mucous membranes, nose, and eyelids.
- In CCH, the lesions usually clear up on their own.
- CH tumors come and go randomly.
- Skin lesions identical to CH
- Appetite loss
- Swelling of the inner eye
- Inflammation or edema
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Muscle spasms
- Depression
- Single skin lesion
- Fast growing tumor
- May spread to internal tumors that can cause symptoms related to the location
- Fever
- Depression
- Lethargy
- Appetite loss
- Weight loss
- Cough
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Trouble breathing
- Canine cutaneous histiocytoma (CCH) is just one benign lesion that affects mostly younger dogs that clears up on its own
- Cutaneous histiocytosis (CH) one to five lesions that seem to come and go at will
- Systemic histiocytosis (SH) causes lesions in the skin as well as internal organs, bone marrow, and lymph nodes, but it is not malignant
- Histiocytic sarcoma (HS) is a malignant tumor localized to one area at first. It has to be removed quickly before it spreads or it is fatal
- Malignant histiocytosis (MH) is an aggressive form that causes multiple cancerous tumors on the skin and in the vital organs. This disease is almost always fatal
- Dogs over 5-7 years
- Bernese Mountain Dogs
- Briards
- Chinese Shar Peis
- Collies
- German Shepherds
- Golden Retrievers
- Rottweilers
- Shetland Sheepdogs
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