Introduction - Oral diseases are common in cats and can appear as ulcerative and proliferative tumor-like lesions, both inflammatory or truly neoplastic; in this regard we performed a retrospective review of feline oral lesions with emphasis on pathological differential findings. Materials and methods - We revaluated 228 routinely processed histological samples from feline oral cavity. Results - Most of the diagnostic samples were represented by non tumoral inflammatory lesions (61% of the samples), with chronic lymphoplasmacytic stomatitis overrepresented (71.2% of inflammatory lesions); tumors were 25% of the total, most of them being squamous cell carcinomas (49%). In 85/228 cases anamnesis reported erosive-ulcerative lesions; in 79/228 cases anamnesis reported a mass, proliferation or tumor-like lesion, but only in 30 of these cases (38%) the final diagnosis was consistent with neoplasia. Discussion - Evidence from our data is that although neoplasia often present as a mass or proliferative lesions, in the majority of cases oral masses are non neoplastic (inflammatory); on the other hand, ulcerative lesions can be both inflammatory and neoplastic. Only histological examination can allow a final diagnosis of feline oral nodular masses.
Lesioni nel cavo orale del gatto: Indagine retrospettiva su 228 casi (2005-2010)
LEPRI, Elvio
2012
Abstract
Introduction - Oral diseases are common in cats and can appear as ulcerative and proliferative tumor-like lesions, both inflammatory or truly neoplastic; in this regard we performed a retrospective review of feline oral lesions with emphasis on pathological differential findings. Materials and methods - We revaluated 228 routinely processed histological samples from feline oral cavity. Results - Most of the diagnostic samples were represented by non tumoral inflammatory lesions (61% of the samples), with chronic lymphoplasmacytic stomatitis overrepresented (71.2% of inflammatory lesions); tumors were 25% of the total, most of them being squamous cell carcinomas (49%). In 85/228 cases anamnesis reported erosive-ulcerative lesions; in 79/228 cases anamnesis reported a mass, proliferation or tumor-like lesion, but only in 30 of these cases (38%) the final diagnosis was consistent with neoplasia. Discussion - Evidence from our data is that although neoplasia often present as a mass or proliferative lesions, in the majority of cases oral masses are non neoplastic (inflammatory); on the other hand, ulcerative lesions can be both inflammatory and neoplastic. Only histological examination can allow a final diagnosis of feline oral nodular masses.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
