From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2005-01-23 00:50:03 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: Malignant adrenal tumor
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4261653.1106441403225.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
That's called hyperplasia, an abnormal increase in the number of cells that cause enlargement, though the cells are basically "normal." Still a problem even though I suppose it may not be called diseased.
mike
Author wrote:
> The good news is that my vet DID remove the right adrenal gland too since it
> was enlarged. However, according to the results of the pathology that they
> got back on the right adrenal gland, it was normal. It didn't show any
> signs of disease, which my vet did find unusual becuase it was enlarged.