From:
Karen Purcell
Date: 2007-09-29 17:47:35 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Vets and others PLEASE look at these X-rays
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Hi Erin,
As best I can tell from your xrays, that is quite the broken hip. However, at her age, she may be just fine with support and pain medication until she forms a false joint, if surgery is not an option.
It is hard to determine abdominal masses from those xrays. Certainly if you know she has a large right adrenal, that is an issue. However, it is highly unlikely to be encroaching on her colon, so look for the source of blood elsewhere. I'd be more concerned with trauma or pelvic damage to go along with the broken hip. As for the spleen, lots of older ferrets have enormous spleens, they do okay if it is not lymphoma. Best way to tell would be an ultrasound guided needle biopsy if you are avoiding surgery.
Is she being treated with any medications right now? What is her overall health like? When was she diagnosed with adrenal disease and how are you treating?
Karen Purcell DVM
aka Dr. Karen
Londonderry, NH
Erin <ladyhawk_12_22@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have had a very big problem arise in one of my dearest ferrets. She
is almost 7, adrenal and has a broken hip. My vet tries to help but he
is not a ferret vet. When we took x-rays to look at her limp we found
the hip as can be seen in these pictures. But his real concern is the
1 or 2 masses he sees. He says he can see something pushing her colon
and that is right near where her adrenal tumor may be. But he also see
a large mass filling her left body cavity. It' s so large it's
pushing all her inside to her right. He said he thought it might be
her spleen, but he was shocked at how big. I know from reading this
not uncommon in sick ferrets. But he doesn't see them a lot. My real
concern is that she has passed small amount of blood in her stool a few
times. I am afraid this is a sign that her adrenal tumor has penetrated
her colon.
I want to help her. I want to fix her leg. But I don't know if that
will be possible with these other problems.
I am not sure if these images are clear enough for any advise. But
please anything you can say. Ideas. I will be seeing specialist
Monday. Dr.X in MS.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Ladyhawk12/LilyXRay.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Ladyhawk12/LilyXray2.jpg
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