The lesions range from small and barely noticeable ulcers to large and extensive ulcers that disfigure the lips.
Rodent ulcer cat upper lip.
It occurs on the ventral part of the upper lip and is a painless ulcerative lesion caused by the cat licking.
While it looks painful the ulcer seems to pose no discomfort to an infected cat.
The disease presents itself as a hard lesion that appears on the inside of a cat s lip.
An older term rodent ulcer is best avoided as this is a malignant tumour in humans whereas the indolent ulcer in cats is an inflammatory lesion.
Over time and with frequent licking the area can enlarge and ulcerate.
The cat rodent ulcer has been called by several names.
If your cat shows up with a fat lip and she hasn t been in a fistfight lately she may have a rodent ulcer.
Initially the lesion may present as a mild thickening of the lip with a.
It usually occurs on the upper lip although that is not always the case.
Rodent ulcer which also goes by many clinical names including eosinophilic granulomas is a complex highly unpleasant skin condition that my poor cat murphy developed.
Eosinophilic granuloma feline eosinophilic granuloma feline rodent ulcer indolent ulcer eosinophilic granuloma ulcer of cats many fancy names for a very unslightly unpleasant ulcer found on the lips of cats.
The upper lip area is the most common place for sores to develop.
Rodent ulcers which form on a cat s upper lip adjacent to one of the animal s canine teeth are typically well defined reddish brown in color and shallow with thickened edges.
They are sometimes referred to as rodent ulcers although this term is technically incorrect.
The cat will often not give any notice to the presence of a rodent ulcer.
Stone is a flat or concave lesion on the edge of the upper lip located directly below the nose or slightly to.
A rodent ulcer starts as a pinkish spot usually around the cat s mouth and develops into an open sore.
In many cases the lesion will spontaneously vanish over time.
They seem to cause no pain.
Their characteristic appearance says dr.
However if the itching it causes persists an affected cat may keep scratching at it thereby opening it and subjecting the lesion to secondary infection.
And he describes an indolent ulcer as a pustulent sore typically observed on one or both sides of a cat s upper lip.
The most common site for these lesions is on the lips especially the upper lip where they appear as ulcers.
A rodent ulcer is a common form of feline eosinophilic granuloma complex.
