From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2006-05-13 14:32:20 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] article on biliary cystadenomatosis in ferret
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
http://www.vetmedpub.com/vetmed/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=318528&pageID=1&sk=&date=
links to an article in DVM magazine titled
Clinical Exposures: Biliary cystadenomatosis in a ferret
by Neil Allison, DVM, DACVP
The ferret had an abdominal mass found on x-ray, and laparotomy a multicystic hepatic mass.
(The description sounds greatly like something what our Ruffle had many years ago. She looked like gorgeous male, had been diagnosed with Achondroplastic Dwarfism, as well as multiple deformations, and she was severely intellectually impaired to the point where she even had trouble with ferret body language. When she had her final illnesses she developed something like 8 simultaneous completely separate serious medical problems and most were terminal types. The liver cysts were one of the terminal conditions she had.)
Here is a description from the April 2006 article in DVM magazine:
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Gross examination revealed that the right medial and lateral liver lobes had been replaced by a bilobed 12-x-9-x-6-cm mass composed of numerous coalescing translucent cysts (up to 10 cm wide) (Figure 1). The cysts contained clear, viscous fluid that gelled when fixed in neutral-buffered 10% formalin. Interspersed among the cysts were six solid tan areas that measured up to 2 cm wide.
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It mentions:
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Neoplasia of the bile duct epithelium of the liver in ferrets is uncommon.1 Bile duct (biliary) adenoma, carcinoma, cystadenoma, and cystadenocarcinoma have been reported.1 Bile duct adenoma and carcinoma are also called cholangioadenoma and cholangiocarcinoma, respectively. Biliary cystadenomas are benign multilocular cystic neoplasms, whereas bile duct adenomas lack cyst formation.
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and
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Two cases each of cholangiocellular cystadenoma and cholangiocellular carcinoma recently reported in ferrets were attributed to Helicobacter species infection.2 The affected livers showed bile duct hyperplasia, oval cell hyperplasia, and chronic inflammation.2 Also, chronic gastritis,3 gastric gland atrophy,3 gastric adenocarcinoma,4 and gastric lymphoma5 have been associated with Helicobacter species infection in ferrets. Neither Helicobacter species nor any of the described Helicobacter species-associated lesions were present in this ferret's liver or stomach.
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Anyway, I do not want to quote enough to risk a copyright violation of the three page article but wanted to give enough to cause interest; I am absolutely certain there are those here who will want to read the article and its bibliography, so I will leave the rest for you to see. It's a good on-line magazine; there are not many ferret articles which appear there, but other pieces of information will interest many FHL members.
-- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private posts)
Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love them:
Ferret Health List
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FHL Archives
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AFIP Ferret Pathology
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
Miamiferrets
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
International Ferret Congress Critical References
http://www.ferretcongress.org
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