EOSINOPHILIC PAPULOCRUSTONS DERMATITIS (MILIARY DERMATITIS) AND EOSINOPHILIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE IN 2 CATS

Two cats with chronic eosinophilic skin disease were investigated. The clinical investigation of the skin disease is one cat was limited and inflammatory bowel disease was diagnosed post mortem. A history of we ight loss and a palpably thickened bowel in the second cat suggested c oncurrent gastrointestinal disease. Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel di sease was confirmed on biopsy. Treatment with azathioprine and methylp rednisolone acetate resolved the signs of gastrointestinal disease, th e pruritus and 95% of the skin lesions. The concurrence of eosinophili c papulocrustous dermatitis and eosinophilic bowel disease raises the possibility of their being linked by a common aetiology or pathophysio logy.