From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2003-02-05 03:20:51 UTC
Subject: RE: Swollen Neck
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I strongly suspect a mucocele for this.
Apologies for being too tired last night
to put 2 and 2 together.
See the quoted post for some other
possibilities.
If it began behind his ear that raises the
question of it being a scent gland possibly.
Vets often don't know that ferrets are
unusual in actually having salivary ducts
that high.
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/FHL5403
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To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "dream_hope_love_live"
<dream_hope_love_live@...> wrote:
>
> ty has developed two growths on the
top of his head that sort of look
> like boils, they're shiny and feel hard
when touched, and haven't
been
Certainly, as Sukie said, sebaceous epitheliomas
are a possibility. It is tough to tell from your
description (a good closeup picture is much
better), but other things to consider that would
be shiny and hard would be scent gland cysts
(these generally start out small, like BBs, and are
filled with fluid), and a salivary mucocele (a ruptured
salivary duct). Yes, there is a duct that runs across
the top of the head, and this is not uncommon. Usually
these are fluctuant and soft, rather than hard. None
of these conditions are itchy.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
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http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG3178
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To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Author wrote:
> Hi everyone, well I got my Bria into the
vet and it is not good news. He
> aspirated the swelling to see if anything
would come out and the needle just
> filled with blood. I guess this is some type
of cancer he said and said that
> there is not much we can do for her other
than to not let her suffer.
Dear Tina:
This isn't adding up - a needle full of blood
from a rapid swelling is not a bad thing - it
could be a hematoma, a mucocele from a
ruptured salivary gland, or something else.
Cancer is usually a solid mass, and there is
very little blood. I'd ask the vet what they
saw under the microscope that led to a
diagnosis of "cancer".
What about excising the mass and getting a pathologist to look at it...
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
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Right now I am low on time but may try to find more later
depending on my schedule, but these may also help:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2722637
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=11+2062&aid=2920
and your vet can check vet texts. Quick searching shows they
are in _Biology and Diseases of the Ferret_ and may well be
in others.
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