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Papules, pustules, furuncles, abscesses and crusts are common lesions in cats. With the exception of abscesses, they are often observed in combinations, representing different stages of the same disease evolving into one another. In general, these lesions are the expression of inflammatory diseases, with infectious, parasitic, allergic or autoimmune pathogenesis. Clinical presentations of papules, pustules, furuncles, abscesses and crusts and their preferential localization in selected feline diseases are described, together with useful diagnostic hints coming from signalment and history. A feline-specific clinical presentation called miliary dermatitis is characterized by multiple, small crusted papules and pruritus. The diagnostic approach to papules, pustules, furuncles, abscesses and crusts requires performing the diagnostic tests in a systematic way. Dermatophytosis is very common in cats, and diagnostic tests to diagnose or rule out this disease should be carried out in all cases presenting with papules, pustules, crusts or as miliary dermatitis.
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Colombo, S. (2020). Papules, Pustules, Furuncles and Crusts. In: Noli, C., Colombo, S. (eds) Feline Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29836-4_5
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