AEMV ForumEpitheliotropic Gastrointestinal T-Cell Lymphoma With Concurrent Insulinoma and Adrenocortical Carcinoma in a Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
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Discussion
The ferret’s initial history and physical examination findings could support any number of differential disease diagnoses, necessitating diagnostic testing. The prior treatment response with amoxicillin, metronidazole, and bismuth subsalicylate may have indicated Helicobacter mustelidae gastric ulceration; however, these medications may also have addressed an enteric bacterial dysbiosis due to other disease conditions. Fecal analyses failed to indicate parasitic involvement or evidence of
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2017, Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal PracticeCitation Excerpt :Focal lymphomas were mentioned several times in the literature and survival times were variable (15 days to 21 months). One case of plasmablastic lymphoma of the femur achieved remission, and one patient with epitheliotropic gastrointestinal T-cell lymphoma died 15 months after diagnosis.116,121 The use of chemotherapy was very variable among the case series and the case report, and combined protocol was very diverse.
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2017, Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal PracticeCitation Excerpt :Recurrent signs are probably caused by the development of new tumors rather than metastases of the earlier tumor. Lymphoma is the third most common tumor found in ferrets, and is frequently found in association with adrenocortical tumors and/or insulinomas.14,29 It is also the most common hemolymphatic tumor.