From:
"Bruce Williams, DVM"
Date: 2007-07-29 14:30:36 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ferret with lump (size of marble between shoulder blades right of center
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Kimba" <kmbrlyk@...> wrote:
>
>
> I noticed a lump on my Emma that came up overnight. It was on one
side
> of her back near her shoulder blades. I took her to the vet and he
did
> a smear and sent it off for pathology. It came back as a sarcoma.
I
> believe sarcomas can happen in cats and ferrets and are caused by a
> previous vaccine.
Dear Kimba:
Vaccine-induced sarcomas are very uncommon in ferrets. Yes, a small
number have been reported, but the vast majority of cutaneous
sarcomas arise from the muscles of hair follicles or blood vessels
and provided that they have been completed removed, pose little to no
threat in the future. Most have a benign progression and have little
to worry about.
Even the vaccine induced sarcomas in ferrets are much less aggressive
than in cats. I would never recommend putting a ferret down with a
diagnosis of cutaneous sarcoma.
With kindest regards,
bruce Williams, dVM
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