From:
gledhill63
Date: 2002-05-09 16:35:00 UTC
Subject: dermal fibroma: ? for Dr. Bruce, & other vets
I work as a surgical tech for our vet clinic, and had one of my
ferrets, Barney, in last week for his annual exam. Found a mass on
his abdomen that we biopsied this week and it came back as a dermal
fibroma. It was a white mass below the dermis incorporated in the
muscle layers, approximately 5 cm x 3 cm, with a separate mass 1.5 cm
x 1.5cm. Spoke to the pathologist who said these things generally
grow very slowly and he advised to just watch it and if it gets
bigger, then remove the whole thing. Barney is 2 and a half years
old, and did excellent for the surgery.
My question is this: anyone had any experience with these fibromas,
are they slow growing, would you just go ahead and remove the whole
thing now while he's fairly young and in good shape?
Thanks for any input!
Tracey and Barney