I am hoping that any vets, or other ferret people with experience in
ferret pathology can answer my question.
 
We recently lost Gizmo - a much loved deaf, blazed ferret.
 
The pathology report was quite extensive and listed:
 
1: extensive left ventricular hypertrophy,
 
2: diffuse small cell lymphosarcoma,
 
3: hepatic lipidosis with mild hepatitis, diffuse infiltration of
intestinal mucosa and submucosa by uniform population of small lymphocytes
and associated with considerable atrophy
 
4: pheochormocytoma of adrenal extending in to adjacent adipose with
neoplastic polygonal cells consistent with origin from medullary tissue
infiltrating as well as compressing adjacent cortical tissue.
 
I have a medical background so I understand the pathology report - however
my question is: Is a pheochromocytoma of the adrenal common in ferrets.?
I hear about adrenal tumours all the time but this is the first ferret
that we have had that has had one so I have no idea whether or not this is
a common adrenal tumour or not.
 
In medicine, phenochormocytomas are a rare occurrence and associated with
hypertension.
 
Hoping someone on the list can help
 
Thanks
Coppandco
[Posted in FML issue 3228]