From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-01-24 21:43:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Bria Anne
Dear Tina:
Two quick notes.
1. If the adrenal tumor has metastasized to the ear, it would be the
first time in history. I have little faith in that report, but if
you can either fax it to me or post to the list, I'll be happy to
give you a frank opinion.
2. Every time I hear spider bite, I automatically think neoplasm.
We have seen it a number of times on ths list - "looks just like a
spider bite". If you ever hear that - skip the topical treatment and
just remove it.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., GRNTEE@a... wrote:
At
> first I thought that perhaps she had gotten bitten by a spider as
we had just
> been outside a few days prior to me noticing this and had to remove
a rather
> large spider from her. (yuck)! I kept a close watch on it and did
apply
> neosporin to her ear. The growth eventually got larger and got to
the point
> that when she would scratch her ear, as it became very itchy for
her, that we
> would have just, well tons of blood. You just could not believe
the blood
> that would come from the poor little girls ear. To jump ahead
again.... In
> December of 2001, we had the growth removed from her ear. It was
cutaneous
> and did not involve any part of the ear canal. It was about the
size of a
> raisin. The tumor was removed and within days I saw new hair
growth. Within
> a few months now, all hair has returned, even the hair on her
tail. I spoke
> with the vet that did the surgery, by the way she did not loose any
part of
> her ear, and he said that the pathology report came back that it
was adrenal
> associated. I asked what that meant and simply put he explained to
me that
> the adrenal problem had metastasized to a cutaneous tumor of the
ear. My DR
> is mailing me the pathology report, as we are about two hours from
his
> office, but wanted to know if anyone has ever heard of this or what
the long
> term outcome would be. I have checked almost every other day, poor
ferret,
> for any re-growth and so far there are no signs of anything. Thank
God for
> that one. I have never heard of such a situation and cannot find
any
> articles on it either. Thank you in advance for any information
anyone can