What Are Verrucous Sarcoids?
A sarcoid is a tumor that begins as a wart-like growth and eventually becomes scaly with potential bleeding. Verrucous sarcoids are dry and typically golf ball-sized lumps (though size can vary from case to case). These will often occur on the head, and sometimes on the chest, shoulder, and under leg. This type of sarcoid does not typically have hair and is relatively easy to spot. Sometimes these sarcoids are confused with fibroplastic sarcoids, occult sarcoids, and other growths of the skin. Proper Diagnosis Since there are many potential growths that could be confused on a horse, it is important to know the proper signs. A verrucous sarcoid is usually gray, scaly, or warty and the lesions tend to be coalesced into one large lesion. The hair near the lesions will be thinned out and the skin will lack flexibility and crack easily. Sarcoids are not painful, but they may expose red, fleshy tissue underneath if there is ulceration. Other conditions that verrucous sarcoids are often confu
