From:
Pam Sessoms
Date: 2003-04-23 13:31:15 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Dermal Hemangiosarcoma
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.44+UNC.0304230923130.55298-100000@login1.isis.unc.edu>
> My question is, what exactly is Dermal Hemangiosarcoma and how can it be
> treated? What is his life expectancy?
Obviously I'm no Dr. Williams, but here is a sentence about these when
they are found in the skin from one of his web pages:
"Hemangiomas and low-grade hemangiosarcomas are occasionally seen;
metastasis has not been reported."
The web page is:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/ferret.path.html
Scroll way down to the bottom; this is in the paragraph called
"Integumentary system" (skin). It's a part of the final section
(Neoplasia other than previously described) of the paper.
Hemangiosarcomas elsewhere, like the spleen, are much worse. There is a
bit about them in this web page and in the FHL archives. But in the skin,
where complete removal can happen, sounds completely different. Given
that he says metastasis has not been reported, I'd think the prognosis is
excellent. Did the pathology report indicate that removal appeared to be
complete? I hasten to add that I'm not an expert; this is just what I
could find already written by an expert...
Best wishes,
-Pam S. (librarian, not a vet)
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