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Julie Lefrançois1, Frédéric Sauvé1, Marie-Odile Benoit-Biancamano2
1Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, University of Montreal, Sicotte Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract:
This case series describes the clinical appearance, histopathological findings and therapeutic trials of proliferative nodular lesions on bilateral ear margins of three domestic cats including two littermates. All therapeutic trials were unsuccessful. While the aetiology remains unclear, this report highlights different hypotheses in presenting this unusual inflammatory and fibroblastic dermatosis in cats.
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