Use of a caudal auricular axial pattern flap for correction of large defect after facial fribrosarcoma extirpation in a catA cat presented for clinical evaluation with a large mass on the superior lip was submitted to surgery to remove the tumor with the conservation of healthy tissue around it. The facial defect was reconstructed with a cutaneous flap in the caudal auricular axial pattern. The wound presented first intention healing on the major extension, with adequate functional and cosmetic results. According to the histopathological findings, it was a fibrosarcoma, which did not show any sign of relapse in the next 21 months after the surgical intervention.
plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery; neoplasms
