Verrucous sarcoid on sheath

[JSwan]

5yr old grade gelding (PerchxTB).

Noticed that what I thought was and irritated tick/fly bite on his sheath quickly blossoming into a verrucous sarcoid. About the diameter of a dime but very pronounced warty growth which quickly started to ulcerate (so I started leaning towards fibroblastic rather than verrucous)

Vet (not my regular vet as horse was at a friends for schooling) came out, agreed, and gave me xterra to apply.

Applied as directed and it appeared to work but I could not keep a bandage on the area because of the horse sweating from the heat. I tried and and tried but I'd still come out and find it gone and flies on the area. :mad: Still - the xterra was working and the sarcoid went away and the area appeared to have healthy scar tissue.

Horse is home now and sarcoid appears to be coming back. Started xterra again and keeping it bandaged but if it's fibroblastic I don't think it's going to work and more aggressive treatment will be needed shortly. Keeping him in under fans and I think the bandage may stick better.

The only treatment I've had experience with is surgical excision and it seems the success and recurrence rate with a fibroblastic sarcoid is poor.

Anyone had experience with other treatments?

NB - Yes, I am going to have my vet out to examine the horse asap.

[TouchstoneAcres]

I am experimenting with tumeric in the feed. I started at 1T and saw an improvement in a week. I am upping the dose now to get better results. Get it from an online herb store, about 2.40 a pund. Tx A&M is experimenting with it so it isn't crazy. Can't hurt anyway. Horse will get an orangy nose if you don't mix it well!

[Bluey]

Do you have a lab report on what you have there?:confused:

Each horse is different, but our now 29 year old had two such dime sized spots for 1 1/2 years and one day a few weeks ago one started growing.
Ours was squamous cell carcinoma and, after excision of most of it, we are treating the 5% the vet could not get out with chemo, Cysplatin, locally, twice a week.

Just another case history, so you have more to go by.

I would try to be very sure of what is there, if you are not yet and proceed with that information.

Good luck, we all need a little of that.

[Dalemma]

Our specialist removes sarcoids with a laser.....it is supposed to be pretty successful.

Emma

[BuddyRoo]

I had great success with fluorouracil.

I did not want to do cryo as my mare's sarcoid was on her eyelid and it would destroy the pigmentation.

Can give you more info if needed...but it was compounded via Wedgewood pharmacy in aquaphor at 5%.

[goeslikestink]

5yr old grade gelding (PerchxTB).

Noticed that what I thought was and irritated tick/fly bite on his sheath quickly blossoming into a verrucous sarcoid. About the diameter of a dime but very pronounced warty growth which quickly started to ulcerate (so I started leaning towards fibroblastic rather than verrucous)

Vet (not my regular vet as horse was at a friends for schooling) came out, agreed, and gave me xterra to apply.

Applied as directed and it appeared to work but I could not keep a bandage on the area because of the horse sweating from the heat. I tried and and tried but I'd still come out and find it gone and flies on the area. :mad: Still - the xterra was working and the sarcoid went away and the area appeared to have healthy scar tissue.

Horse is home now and sarcoid appears to be coming back. Started xterra again and keeping it bandaged but if it's fibroblastic I don't think it's going to work and more aggressive treatment will be needed shortly. Keeping him in under fans and I think the bandage may stick better.

The only treatment I've had experience with is surgical excision and it seems the success and recurrence rate with a fibroblastic sarcoid is poor.

Anyone had experience with other treatments?

NB - Yes, I am going to have my vet out to examine the horse asap.

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