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To Meg Carpenter
>Can't remember who commented on tail amputation due to cancer - but comment
>of perhaps some interest. Several years ago, I found a lump on the end the
>tail on an older MF neutered hob. The end of the tail was amputated and path
>report was ----- primordial tissue tumor, indicative of prehensile tail.
>Previously seen in 13 other ferrets. Will try to remember to get the path
>report and post it out.
Meg - I know I didn't do the path on that one. What we are actually
talking about here is a chordoma, the most common tumor of the
musculoskeletal system of the ferret. The neoplasms arise at the end of the
tail from notochord - this is the primitive tissue which the spine develops
from. We all carry a little bit of it with us for the remainder of our
lives. (Humans develop this tumor, also).
However, notochord has absolutely nothing to do with a prehensile
tail. I'd love to get a copy of that path report though!!!
I think I'll put a chordoma case report up on my Web site next week.
Stay tuned!!!
Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP Dept. of
Veterinary Pathology
AccuPath
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
[log in to unmask] OR Washington, D.C.
20306-6000
[log in to unmask]
(202) 782-2600
[Posted in FML issue 1262]
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