From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2011-09-03 17:50:31 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] lip growth and Dr. William's site
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Please, note, that Dr. William's was able to get his site
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/index.html
back on line even with the AFIP gone, but that the swayback option also works.
It may pay for people to pdf useful websites to retain the content.
Re: the lip:
http://www.afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/Sebep/sebep.html
looks like a very likely contender.
As the FHL moderators know, I have a standing permission to copy text here from Dr. Williams' site.
The section on this problem (which our Morney also had) begins:
> Also occasionally referred to as sebaceous adenomas or basal cell tumors, sebaceous epitheliomas are the most common cutaneous neoplasm in the ferret. These raised, warty tumors often look very ugly, belying their meek and mild nature. More than one practitioner has been fooled into believing that these ugly tumors are some devastating diseaseĀ
Later:
> Regardless of the name, the treatment is always the same - surgical excision and the prognosis is generally excellent. These tumors rarely invade deeply, and are usually removed without complication. Most surgical excisions are easily closed, but if the tumor has grown to a large size, the incision may have to heal as an open wound due to a lack of loose skin to sew up.
Still later:
> If these neoplasms are always benign, why should we remove them? Look at these pictures. Untreated, they will continue to grow, get uglier, and serve as a source of irritation for the ferrets, and may eventually become a portal of entry for infection as a result of continuous self-trauma. In two cases in my archive, a malignant squamous cell carcinoma arose in longstanding tumors. Catch them early and the surgery is a snap.
We found with Morney's 3 that 2 of them were actually on stalks which made removal easier. In fact, she removed the one on her paw herself one night (and apparently ate it) and she bled a lot given than she was not the first ferret to be a qualified surgeon, but she did okay, anyway, even just the following day. (The bedding actually looks scary.)
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
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(2010, Steve Crandall)
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