Management of inflammatory polyps in 37 cats

The case records of 37 cats treated for nasopharyngeal or aural inflammator y polyps were reviewed. Thirty of them were managed conservatively with the polyp being removed by traction alone. Long-term follow-up information was available for 22 cats, of which 13 (59 per cent) had no recurrence of clin ical signs. The remaining nine cats required recurrent polyps to be removed surgically. Cats with only nasopharyngeal polyps were nearly four times mo re likely to be cured by traction alone than cats with aural polyps, and no ne of the cats that was treated with prednisolone after traction suffered a recurrence. Cats with more severe aural signs were more likely to require surgery.