From:
FerretMommy
Date: 2002-03-08 01:48:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Vets please
Thanks Dr Williams I will request an aspirate (WHAT is that?)
so it may even be both.. spleen and J Lymphoma :(.. ok.. can't scare me
i'm already there!
i was wondering why no signs then boom there it is..?? Thanks again.. and i
pray it's not JL and it's only a spleen.. seems easier to deal with i
guess..would a pic help? then again i want your idea's ontop of the vet i'm
going to in the am. will take this information with me. might help and i
know it won't hurt .. if that's ok with you?
Thanks Again.
----- Original Message -----
From: dr_bruce_williams
To: Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:15 AM
Your desciption does sound like a spleen - with the signs that you
are describing, the possibility of juvenile lymphoma does have to be
considered. I believe that I would request an aspirate of that large
structure - in most cases of juvenile lymphoma, the spleen is just
chock full of neoplastic cells, and to a trained eye, the diagnosis
is relatively straight forward.