From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2003-04-22 11:12:41 UTC
Subject: RE: A question about chordoma
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <14080937.1051009961227.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Spaz, 6.5 years, has one too. At first I noticed what appeared to be a slight kink at the end of his tail. It was almost as if he caught it somewhere and broke it. It didn't bother him, wasn't painful, and didn't change for months.
Lately it started to get a little swelling on one side so my vet took a few cells with a needle and it came back as a probable chordoma. I imagine the beginning of it's growth caused the deformation of the bone at the tip that made it look like it had been broken.
In any case, due to Spaz's past history with anesthesia, we've decided to do nothing at this point. It's very small and very slow growing.
The only thing that worries me is that my vet mentioned the possibility of chordosarchoma... which I never heard of before. Has anyone else experienced this?
mike
Author wrote:
> I have not been able to find a lot of information on chordoma. I have another 4 year old ferret that has a small lump - very small lump in the shape of a light bulb at the end of his tail.