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>Hello.  I posted a couple times several weeks ago but I think my message
>never went through.  The story was I found a good size lump on one of
>my ferrets (right by the penis).  It was under the skin and I could move
>it around and it didn't seem to bother him.  He was able to go to the
>bathroom and all.  I took him to the vet and she aid it wasn't attached
>to anything and said we could either run a biopsy on it, find out what
>it is and take it from there or we can remove it.  I said to remove it.
>After surgery she called me and told me that this lump was really ugly
>(really dark and lumpy) and that she suggests sending it out for biopsy.
>So we did that and I haven't heard anything yet.
 
Dear A - It is always better to wait for the biopsy results.  However, it
is very likely in that area that you are dealing with a scent gland tumor
(apocrine tumor) which is very common in the prepuce.  The fact that it
could move around is a good thing, but these tumors can sometimes be
malignant and metastasize internally.
 
I doubt that the skin tumor on the chest is related, but it probably
wouldn't hurt once the biopsy come back to remove it as well.
 
with kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, DVM
[Posted in FML issue 3944]