Message Number: YG1792 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Mike Janke
Date: 2001-03-27 20:53:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Choradoma (sp?)

I don't believe chordomas on the tail are cancerous and removal is
usually curative. Other than not having a tail, she should do just
fine and have no repeat of this problem.

Mike


--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Joy Jarrett <cjmichael@e...> wrote:
> Our 6 yr old female recently had to have her whole tail taken off
due to a
> lump that was located in the middle of her tail....when the vet got
it back
> from the lab he showed me an article out of a vet book with this
kind of
> cancer. I was wondering if there was a web site or books that I
might look
> into to find out more about this disease and learn what some of the
signs
> for it's return might be. She is doing great you would never know
she had
> anything wrong or even a tail with the way she's adjusted to her
new looks.
>
> Thanks.
> Joy Jarrett
> cjmichael@e...
>
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