From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-03-09 20:42:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Liver mass
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Coppandco" <Coppandco@h...> wrote:
> .....The abdominal mass turned out to be an extremely large and
very solid liver tumor which was successfully removed along with a
lobe of his liver. What is amazing is the size of the mass - 2 cm in
height, 6 cm in length and 4 cm in width and weighed 2.5 ounces. ...>
I was just curious if anyone else on the list has every had a ferret
develop such a large abdominal mass, if so did it recur and what the
pathology was?
Dear Rena:
Wait for the results.....
If you want to play the odds, the two most likely possibilities here
are invasive adrenal carcinoma (the right adrenal sits right next to
the liver) and a hepatoma - these are generally the largest.
Hepatocellular adenocarcinomas are generally not as large.
Lymphoma is the most common neoplasm of the liver in ferrets, but it
generally infiltrates and enlarges the whole liver, not just one lobe.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM