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*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)