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Endocrine effects on the skin - Pathology (view source)
Revision as of 17:49, 22 February 2011
, 17:49, 22 February 2011→Superficial Necrolytic Dermatopathy
*Castration may temporarily remove symptoms
*Castration may temporarily remove symptoms
===='''[[Superficial Necrolytic Dermatopathy]]'''====
===='''Superficial Necrolytic Dermatopathy'''====
*Also known as ''diabetic dermatopathy, hepatocutaneous syndrome''
*In older dogs with diabetes mellitus, hepatic dysfunction or pancreatic lesions
*Grossly: scaling and crusting, erythema, facial, genital and distal extremities alopecia, crusting, fissures and ulceration of foot pads
*Microscopically: trilaminar thickening of epidermis (outermost layer is keratotic, intermediate oedematous and vacuolated, inner is hyperplastic)
[[Category:Endocrine System - Pathology]]
[[Category:Endocrine System - Pathology]]