Associazione Italiana Veterinari Piccoli Animali
Affiliata WSAVA

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Le lesioni pseudotumorali del cavo orale nella specie felina

Pseudotumoral oral lesions in the cat

Authors

Vullo C., Meligrana M., Dini F., Palumbo Piccionello A., Tambella A.M.
Scuola di Bioscienze e Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Camerino

Summary

A group of non-neoplastic conditions occur as tumor-like lesions of the oral mucosa in the cat. These include chronic gingivostomatitis, eosinophilic granuloma complex and odontoclastic resorptive lesions. Due to the inability to differentiate between them only on clinical appearance, hyperplastic lesions on the gingiva and oral mucosa must always be biopsied.
Differential diagnoses include benign and malignant neoplastic lesions. These conditions are extremely painful and therefore all of them are due to anorexia in the cat.

Keywords

pseudotumoral lesions, cat, oral cavity

Category

Odontostomatologia