Feline Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Sclerosing Fibroplasia is a great example of when things look like cancer but they aren’t! Cats are often euthanized due to the presence of a palpable mass on physical examination or with a presumptive diagnosis of lymphoma, carcinoma or other malignant neoplasia at surgery. The median age of presentation is 7 years and Ragdolls are overrepresented. These cats have mural thickening and loss of layering in sections of their gastrointestinal tract. When managed appropriately, the survival rate can be good for some patients with this disease when the correct histopathological diagnosis is achieved.
