From:
Bruce Williams, DVM
Date: 2001-10-27 12:44:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Jilly's gone as well now...
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Ulrike" <ferretlove@n...> wrote:
In my last mal about Jilly I did forget to say that of
> course she had a massive weird looking tumour on her pancreas as
well and
> everything has gone to the lab. Can they have just one huge islet
cell
> tumour? I have pictures of it and the liver and spleen.
Dear Ulrike:
Remember that ferrets have a lymph node in the vicinity of the
pancreas, and often smack dab right in the middle of it. Many vets
mistake these for islet cell tumors. Not to say that is what it is,
but the two can look very similar on gross inspection.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM