EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THYMOMA IN 3 CATS

Exfoliative dermatitis is an inflammatory disorder causing scaling and erythema which cannot be classified immediately as some other disease process, The dermatitis may occur as an idiopathic entity without pre ceding dermatologic or systemic disease or as a severe manifestation o f several disorders. Thymomas are rare neoplasms in cats. Most thymoma s are benign and surgical excision may be curative. if the thymoma is the cause, its removal could cure the dermatosis. This article reports exfoliative dermatitis associated with thymoma in three cats.