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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-12-09 19:02:07 UTC
Subject: RE: early stage of lymphosarcoma (better prognosis??)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <6335646.1102618927417.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
> > The only thing she has is the enlarged lymphnodes.
> If you're only going by that and haven't gotten the
>biopsy results back, I believe it's premature to think
>she has lymphoma.
I strongly agree with Mike on this.
Remember that infection also causes nodes to enlarge.
Remember, too, that many ferrets put fat around their nodes and at times they do that so well that even vets who treat a lot of ferrets can't tell if they are feeling an enlarged node or fat.
How many nodes are up and by how much? How hard are they?
An aspirate is the easiest way to go, but it does have a higher rate of false positives and false negatives. It's a fast way to find it what is being felt is fat, though. Removal of an affected node is more difficult; it's surgery, and how difficult depends on the node location. It is more accurate.