From:
"Karen McCabe"
Date: 2009-07-13 22:37:06 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Treatment for adrenal ferret
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Amanda" <amandadegraw@...> wrote:
>
> The reason why the hypothalmus is stimulated to release GnRH (which in turn causes the pituitary to release FH and LSH) is because the hypothalmus is stimulated by hormones like estradiol and estrogen, which are over-produced by the adrenal gland when it is cancerous.
>
This does not make sense, as adrenal disease does not begin as cancer. Adrenal disease begins with enlargement of the glands (hyperplasia), then proceeds to a precancerous state, then to a benign cancerous state (adenoma), and then to a malignant cancerous state (adenocarcinoma).
> Correct me if I am wrong because this is an assumption, but I believe that extensive necropsies have been done on ferrets with adrenal cancer. I am sure it would have been discovered that this was a cancer originating in the brain and not in the adrenal gland by now.
>
I think you've misunderstood what I've said. The cancer does not originate in the brain, the hormones that stimulate the adrenal glands, which leads to enlargement and eventually cancer (in the adrenal glands), do.
Karen McCabe
http://www.cinnamonsprite.net
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/adrenalferretslist/
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