From:
Bruce Williams, DVM
Date: 2001-11-04 14:12:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Adrenal and Lymphosarcoma
Dear Julie:
Adrenal surgery at this point should have no effect on the course of
lymphoma. Skin lymphoma is very different than other forms of
lymphoma - prolonged remission is often the case with complete
surgical excision of the tumors.
I share your concern about the possibility of prostatic disease at
this point - hemoglobin will not differentiate between the two, but a
sediment exam may help - crystals indicate a possibility of stones,
abundant white blood cells and squamous epithelium suggests prostatic
disease. If an X-ray has not been done, I would strongly suggest it,
as large stones may be seen with an X-ray.
The risks of adrenal surgery are the same in this case as any other -
no greater, and no less.
With kindest regards,
bruce Williams, dVM
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Julie Cameron" <Ruesterx1@h...>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a ferret that was diagnosed from biopsy with Lymphosarcoma.
(He had
> tumors above and below one eye.) That diagnosis was three years
ago, he has
> done really well with pred! My problem is that he has had adrenal
symptoms
> for over a year. Due to his lymphosarcoma I was advised not to do
surgery,
> so he has been on Lupron for the past year. Recently, I have
noticed he is
> dribbling urine and licks that area a lot. I did a quick urine
dipstick and
> it tested negative for WBC's and nitrate, but a large postive for
Hgb. Ph 5.
> I figure this may be the start of enlarged prostrate or stones.
Does the
> presence of hemoglobin indicate one over the other? Or is the only
way to
> tell is with an X-Ray?
> This ferret is just 5 years old. I am now wondering since he has
been
> seemingly in remission from the lymphosarcoma for so long, should
I just
> risk doing an adrenal surgery? What are the risks? Does it cause a
return of
> the lymphosarcoma?
>
> Thank you for your time, any insights to this problem would be
greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Julie
>
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