Multiple associated fibroepithelial polyps (acrochordonous plaques) in the external ear canal of three French bulldogs with chronic otitis

Abstract

Multiple closely associated fibroepithelial polyps, also known as acrochordonous plaques, are benign proliferative lesions, described so far only on the dorsal neck and the head of bulldogs and pugs, and on the lumbo‐sacral region of a dobermann. Here, we report for the first time the presence of multiple closely associated fibroepithelial polyps in the external ear canal of three French bulldogs with chronic otitis. In all the cases, lesions presented as a plaque composed of domed shaped, villous or filiform proliferations. The diagnosis was obtained combining video‐otoscopic and histopathological findings. In only one case, these lesions were considered critical for the persistence of the otitis externa, and surgical treatment was recommended. Multiple closely associated fibroepithelial polyps should be set among the differential diagnoses of plaque‐like lesions with an irregular surface in the external ear canal of French bulldogs.