Tumour on man parts

[zoesophie]

Not mine thank god

but sadly one of my mates horses was diagnosed with a tumour on the end of his willy.

He has to have an op to remove it and a few inches so hopefully that will be that, but if it has spread it wont be good news.

Has anyone had any experience of this kind of op please?

Also posted in NL

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

My friends shetland had this, because it was found early and removed it stopped it spreading. He lived another 4 years before his heart gave out but he was around 35 by then...

 

[zoesophie]

Ah thanks - it doesnt sound good at the mo

 

[angela24]

My friends TB 4 yr old gelding had one successfully removed. He's doing just fine.

 

[Chunkie]

My gelding was 28/29 when he had one removed he lived until 34 and recovered quickly and well, never had any more problems.

 

[Happy Horse]

I assisted in the research for a paper on this so probably know more than I'd like to about it! The results are generally very good. I have the full paper if you really want to read it but the summary (in brief!) was:

45 horses treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and/or prepuce were reviewed.

The average age of the horses was 17.4 years (range 4-26 years)

Histological evaluations available for lesions in 35 of the horses confirmed the lesions to be squameous cell carcinoma.

Location of the lesion(s) was glans penis (end of penis) - 24 horses, body of penis or inner lamina of the preputial fold - 27 horses, external fold of the prepuce - 10 horses.

Treatment:

Phallectomy (penile amputation) - 35 horses
Segmental posthectomy - 4 horses
Phallectomy plus segmental posthectomy - 2 horses
En bloc resection of the penis, prepuce and superficial inguinal lymph nodes with penile retroversion - 4 horses.

Short term complications included preputial oedema and haemorrhage at the end of urination. One horse developed acute urinary retention because of severe urethral oedema.

Long term follow up (>1year) information was obtained for 31 of the study horses.

Of the 31 horses followed up 22 (71%) were alive with no evidence of recurrence.
3 horses (10%) had died through unrelated causes.
5 horses (16%) recurrence necessitated euthanasia on humane grounds.