VSR 421: Regional Veterinary Surgery (2+1)

Feline Eosinophilic Ulcer Disease

EOSINOPHILIC ULCER DISEASE

• Manifested as a well-circumscribed, red-brown, ulcer­ated, alopecic, glistening area on the skin of the lips or mucosa of the oral cavity
• Diagnosis is based on history, physical examination, skin biopsy impression smear of the lesion.
• Treatments surgical excision or debridement of granulomas is difficult because of the paucity of surrounding tissue to use to repair defects. Deformity and recurrence are common com­plications.
• Glucocorticoids and, in refractory cases, radiation therapy are the current recommended treatments .