Difference between revisions of "Acral Lick Dermatitis"
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Revision as of 16:04, 21 February 2011
- 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 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