From:
d6n6b6@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 2004-12-07 17:16:15 UTC
Subject: RE: mesenterial roundcell-tumor: Essiac, pycnogenol, chemo?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2643754.1102439775686.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Does anyone know an answer to the questions I posted below?
The pathology report came back today and it's lymphoma (he's 3,5 years old so I assume it's the adult form, I will get a copy of the report in two days though)
Thank you in advance!
Bjorn
PS: I'm not from the US, maybe this explains my english...
Author wrote:
> One of our ferrets was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with an abdominal mass (more or less by coincidence during an abdominal ultrasound performed for another reason). 2 weeks ago surgery was performed, but unfortunately, the mass couldn't be removed. It's located in the mesentery and there is a large blood vessel going through. Removing it would give a high risk of shock (large amount of blood inside the mass) and the vascularisation of the intestine would've been disrupted too much...
> A small piece of it was sent in for histopathology, part of the result came back today: it's a round-cell tumor with a fairly large amount of neutrophils and atypical cells (malignant, aggressive =( ). Several tests were done later today, in order to find the exact cell-origin. We will get the results of this tomorrow.
> We will discuss several options (chemo?) with the vet, when we know exactly what type of tumor it is. But I also wanted to know a few things in advance:
> -Does anyone have any suggestions?
> -What are the possibilities, considering chemotherapy in ferrets with this kind of tumor?
> -Would essiac interfere with chemotherapy?
> -Would it interferere with pycnogenol (he is already (temporarily?) on pycnogenol since 4 days after the operation)?
> -What are contra-indications for the use of essiac? Adverse/side-effects? Thinks to keep in mind?
> Thanks in advance!