Sarcoid treatment?

Question

I recently bought a horse (just this past week) who has a small sarcoid. He hasn't has a history of them, so far, but he is young. I noticed it before and the vet mentioned it in the pre purchase exam. He also mentioned having it lasered off? I'm not too familiar with sarcoids (only book knowledge), but have never heard of them being lasered off. Is this a new treatment? Has anyone else has it done and how well does it work? Any expereience would help. Thanks

Answer 1

we had a TB with a very large Sarcoid over his eye. It could not be surgically removed because of the nerves running under it for his eye. We used a sarcoid salve that I purchased on line. The vet had recommended Xterra (at a very large cost) so I did some research and ended up buying it from the site listed below. It took better than a month for it to go away but it did and hasn't returned. He doesn't even have a scar. While we were treating it, a  different vet came out to geld this horse. She asked what we were doing to treat it and we told her. She also asked if she could take a picture of it as she was doing a presentation. Then she told us that it looked the way it should for the way we were treating it and we were doing the right thing. . I found out later that this particular vet was the premier equine eye injury and tumor specialist in our state so I have good reason to believe she knows what she's talking about.

The stuff we bought has the same ingredients that Xterra has but at a much more reasonable price. You do have to mix it yourself. It's not rocket science and they do send explicit directions.

It worked well for us.

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Answer 2

Several treatments are commonly used - this suggests that no one is universally effective. Other types of treatment have variable effects; some can be very successful on some occasions and ineffective on others.

Radiation gives the best results but it is very expensive and very restricted. Therefore, it is reserved for difficult lesions such as around the eye or over joints.

Homeopathic and natural medicines are entirely unpredictable. In general cell stimulators such as Allovera are contraindicated and Tea tree oil can be very dangerous.

Failure of any treatment method is usually accompanied by the reappearance of a more aggressive tumour - and often in increased numbers. It is therefore important to select the best possible alternative as the first treatment method.

The rate of recurrence following surgical removal is particularly high.  

The commonest treatments are:

Surgical removal: Can be effective for very small lesions in safe areas but carries a relatively high failure rate. Special surgical precautions can be taken to reduce (but not eliminate) the risk of recurrence.  

Nodular lesions in the groin and thigh areas are sometimes amenable to this method provided that the lesions have no skin involvement.

Nodules round the eye should not be treated surgically without careful consideration.

Laser surgery may be effective in some cases but it is not simple to perform and is not widely available.

Cryosurgery (freezing):  

This is only effective for lesions with limited size and depth.

It is very time consuming and tedious if many lesions are to be treated.

There is a high rate of recurrence.

One report noted that other lesions improved or resolved if this method was used to treat a limited number but it has not been proven.

To be effective freezing needs to be aggressive and it may cause extensive damage to surrounding structures and extensive scarring.

BCG Injection:  

This method works reasonably well for nodular and fibroblastic lesions around the eyes but is much less effective elsewhere.

It should not be used on sarcoids on the limbs - they will often become much worse!

The method has significant risks and so careful supportive medication is required.

Chemotherapy:  

Injection of cytotoxic drugs such as cisplatin into the centre of lesions is a useful method of treatment for some types but is restricted to certain types of sarcoid.

The material is also very dangerous to the surgeon; special precautions must be taken. q It is difficult to obtain in UK

Other forms of chemotherapy by injection or by tablet are probably impractical and unlikely to be effective.

Topical cytotoxic therapy:  

AW4-LUDES probably carries the best results of the available materials.

5-fluoro-uracil cream can be effective for the milder forms of occult or verrucose sarcoid.

Arsenic powder or paste is very corrosive and potentially very dangerous.

All these substances however are aggressive and may damage skin.

They are limited to areas that tolerate skin necrosis and scarring.

Radiation:  

This is very expensive and limited in availability to 2 centres in the UK but it is near 100% effective.

Usually it is preserved for small lesions at difficult sites such as around the eyes and over joints.  

hope it helped (all on treatments)

if you want i can get more stuff if you tell me a specific topic!!!! LOL

Answer 3

I have a mare that had a large sarcoid near her foot.  First we tried cutting it off and it just grew back.  Then we tried freezing and after freezing it off twice, it grew back both times.  Then we found out about a method where you implant a piece of it under the skin to stimulate an immune response to it and it makes the bodies immune system reject it at both sites.  So we cut it off once more and took a small piece of it and implanted it under the skin in her neck.  We did this almost a year ago and it has not grown back and the spot where it was on her foot looks good.