From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-08-28 04:29:02 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Mass near Vulva
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F301XvpFVjCRG0003f533@hotmail.com>
Haven't seen it in that area but it almost sounds like a hemangioma or
hemangiosarcoma. It will be interesting to see what it comes back as.
Please let us know.
Dr. Sue
>From: Ferrethealer@aol.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Mass near Vulva
>Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:33:27 EDT
>
>I saw a patient last night with a mass about one inch in diameter, firm,
>non-painful, located just next to the vulva and deviating it to the
>opposite side.
> No problem urinating, even though the vulva is significantly displaced.
>On
>aspiration, I got blood only. The mass is dark in appearance under the
>skin.
>It has grown since the owners first noticed it four days earlier.
>
>Removal is scheduled for Monday, and histopathology will be done. I just
>wanted to know if anybody out there has seen similar sounding masses and if
>so,
>what it ended up being (if removed). My initial thought was a vaginal wall
>cyst, which I've seen before (although only in intact ferrets and this girl
>is
>from MF), but with the blood on aspiration, I'm thinking other things now.
>
>Dr. Ruth
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