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Barney

• Patient:
  Barney, 12-year-old male neutered Elkhound.



• Presenting complaint:
  Diagnosis of a lung tumor. Lung tumors may be primary starting within the lung, or be spread (metastatic) from cancers from elsewhere in the body. Since this was a large and single mass, it is most likely a primary lung tumor.



• Endoscopic technique:
  Thoracoscopic-assisted partial lobectomy of the lung lobe and biopsy of a hilar lymph node.



• Benefits of using endoscopy:
  A thorascopic-assisted lung resection requires an opening only slightly larger that the tumor being removed. This avoids the larger incision and spreading with a chest retractor, both painful and stressful procedures.

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