From:
williamsb@comcast.net
Date: 2002-07-25 02:07:30 UTC
Subject: RE: liver tumor-hair loss?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8953771.1027562850903.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Author wrote:
is there sometimes a correlation between WHERE the
> hair loss is and what kind of adrenal issue critter is dealing with?
No - you can see any pattern of hair loss with any type of lesion. So give your brain a break.
> as for professor, or mr. lumpy-vein in tummy: his owner was leaning against
> surgical removal and after your comments i think her decision would be
> more firm. usually benign = don't mess with it.
In my book - usually benign mean if this one turns out to be malignant - boy, won't the owner feel terrible. We don't know enough about mammary tumors to say whether this approach is good or not. HOwever, a mammary gland is actually a modified apocrine sweat gland, and we do know that apocrine tumors account for more malignancies than any other skin tumor....
i too am curious and
> would like to know what it is. i wonder if, when the time comes naturally
> for professor, you might be interested in the tumor taken at autopsy?
Sure.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM