FELINE CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS-CELL-CARCINOMA OF THE NASAL PLANUM AND THE PINNAE - 61 CASES

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma is a common tumor in cats and freque ntly occurs on the nasal planum and the pinnae. The medical records of 61 cats were reviewed for this retrospective study, Typical presentat ion was an older (median age, 12 years) cat with an erythematous, crus ty, and erosive lesion. Methods of treatment included surgery, radiati on, and cryotherapy. Disease-free interval and survival time were calc ulated for each case and grouped according to lesion location and trea tment type. All treatments were found to be effective, with surgery re sulting in the longest disease-free interval (median, 594 days).