From:
Caitlyn Martin
Date: 2004-12-09 20:25:34 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: early stage of lymphosarcoma (better prognosis??)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20041209202534.12966.qmail@web50801.mail.yahoo.com>
Hi, everyone,
--- sukiec@optonline.net wrote:
>
> I strongly agree with Mike on this.
>
> Remember that infection also causes nodes to
> enlarge.
What Mike and Sukie said! We had a false alarm with
Nyssa last year when an infection caused enlarged
lymph nodes. I don't call it lymphoma for sure until
an aspirate or biopsy confirms it. We had several I
called "suspected lymphoma" and sadly the diagnosis
was confirmed post mortem.
>
> 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.
Yep. We had vet students examining some of our
ferrets at NC State as part of their ferret labs. One
of the students thought they found enlarged lymph
nodes on one of mine. It was just fat.
I, for one, hope you are NOT dealing with
lymphosarcoma. That is always really bad news.
All the best,
Caity and the fantastic four
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