Message Number: SG448 | New FHL Archives Search
From: williamsb@comcast.net
Date: 2002-07-24 02:06:16 UTC
Subject: RE: strange tumor (in vein?)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2418676.1027476376890.JavaMail.root@scandium>

Author wrote:
> "professor" had adrenal surgery within the last year. he's doing fine...perhaps
> a bit o' residual agression, but that isn't new. :) he now has a marble
> sized lump directly under one of his nipples. it's completely blue; our
> vet thinks figures it's in a vein. any information from anyone who might
> have had a critter with a similiar lump, looking especially for successful
> results of removal?

this is one that I would like to see, and would be happy to do the path on for you at no charge. It is likely some form of apocrine sweat gland tumor, and very possibly a mammary tumor (yes, males get them too.) MOst of these tumors are benign, but rarely you get a bad actor that is malignant and will metastasize to internal nodes and eventually to organs. IF it is hard and freely movable under the skin, that's a good sign.

While I can't guarantee success, the odds are certainly in your favor - but let's not push the envelope.

With kindest regards,

Bruce Williams, DVM