Importância do diagnóstico clinico e histopatológico nos casos de gengivoestomatite crônica felina atendidos no hospital veterinário da Universidade Federal da Paraíba: Estudo retrospectivo (2018 - 2022)

Abstract

Feline chronic gingivostomatitis (GECF) is an oral cavity disease with a severe inflammatory nature of idiopathic origin that has been affecting domestic felines over the years, thus becoming an increasingly recurrent challenge in the feline medical clinic. The objective of this work was to describe the clinical and histopathological aspects of felines diagnosed with feline chronic gingivostomatitis, treated at the Veterinary University Hospital of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba, through a study carried out from 2018 to 2022. files and records of dental procedures in which the diagnosis was GECF or some degree of periodontal disease identified during dental procedures, collecting information regarding sex, age, description of macroscopic and histopathological lesions and definitive diagnosis of each animal through biopsies gingiva and mucosa. 15 felines were analyzed, of which it was observed that the highest prevalence of the disease occurred in males (60%) in relation to females (40%), average age (4.7), location of lesions in the oral cavity, highlighting the regions of the glossopalatine arches, soft palate, base of the tongue, gums and cheeks (73.3%). In the classification of oral lesions, gerigivitis grade 1 or 2 (13.3%), periodontal disease 2 or 3 (13.3%), periodontal disease 4 (73.3%), tooth resorption lesion (53.3%), and microscopic lesions with presence of infiltrate lymphoplasmacytic (100%), ulceration (46.6%), necrosis (60%), hyperplasia (60%), neutrophils (26.6%), eosinophils (20%), granulation tissue (33.3%), adenitis (20%), hemorrhage (20%), Mott cells (13.3%), bacterium (6.7%). Thus, based on the results obtained, it is believed that through clinical characterization, early and confirmatory diagnosis through biopsy, there will be better efficacy in dental treatment to reverse chronic inflammation and improve the feline quality of life.