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*Also called '''lick granuloma''' or '''neurodermatitis'''
*Mostly occurs in dogs due to constant licking or chewing
*Areas most affected are carpal, metacarpal, metatarsal, radial or tibial areas
*Usually a single lesion
*Grossly:
**Circumscribed hairless areas that may ulcerate
*Microscopically:
**Compact [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|hyperkeratosis]]
**Hyperplasia of follicular and epidermal epithelium and sebaceous glands
**Collagenous fibres causing dermal thickening
**Perivascular and periadnexal plasma cell accumulation
**May be associated with mild snsory polyneuropathy
[[Category:Integumentary System - Physical Damage]]