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Matching Lumps on Both Sides of an Akita's Upper Lip

by A reader

Reader Question
I have an Akita female 8 yrs old. Two days ago we discovered two lumps on both sides of her muzzle, approx 1 inch above where her lip line ends. The lumps are symmetrical. She eats ok but she is sneezing more than usual. You can also see the same lumps from inside her mouth under the skin of her mouth approx 1 inch above her teeth. So when you lift up her lip to look inside her mouth you can see the lump from inside her mouth and as described earlier from outside just looking at her....like she has a gumball inside the upper part of her mouth.


Answer from Our Team

Lumps on both sides of the upper jaw that appeared at the same time are less likely to be cancer and more likely to be swelling from the upper back teeth (tooth root infections), swollen salivary tissue, or a bony change. Sneezing more than usual is a clue, because the upper tooth roots are right next to the nose and sinuses.

Please have your vet look in her mouth soon. Dental X-rays and a needle sample of the lumps usually show the cause. If it's tooth related, treating the teeth often solves both the lumps and the sneezing.

Go sooner if the lumps grow quickly, bleed, she has a nosebleed or bad breath, or she has trouble eating.

See mouth lumps and oral cancer in dogs.

This is general information, not a diagnosis. Please follow your own vet's advice.

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