plasma cell pododermatitis

Species: feline

Age: 6 years

Environment: household with 15 other cats

Clinical findings: soft, scaly swelling of all the 4 paws, one of them apears with crusts.Only the footpads were afected. The lesions appear to be painful, no pruritus.

Frequency: rare

Cause: it is idiopatic but asociated with FIV infection

Treatment: steroids.

first 4 days prednisolon-acetate 4 mg/kg i.m, next 7 days at home metilprednisolone 2 mg/ kg