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==General==
 
 
 
*Classification:
 
**Hypersensitivity - response to normally harmless substances
 
**Auto-immune - antobodies or T-cells reactive against self-antigens
 
*Mostly involves mixture of types described below
 
 
 
===Type I reactions===
 
*Mediated by pharmacologically active substances from [[Mast Cells - WikiBlood|mast cells]] and [[Basophils - WikiBlood|basophils]]
 
**Due to antigen-antibody (usually IgE) binding to receptors on those cells
 
*Substances include histamine, serotonin, leukotriens, prostaglandins
 
*Can be systemic or local
 
*Skin becomes pruritic, raised erythematous borders of wheals
 
*Immediate reaction
 
*Includes:
 
**[[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Atopy|Atopic dermatitis]]
 
**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Urticaria]]
 
**Angioedema
 
**Fly bite hypersensitivity
 
**Gastrointestinal parasites
 
**Food
 
*Microscopically:
 
**Capillary dilation, oedema, mast cell degranulation, eosinophil infiltration
 
 
 
===Type II reactions===
 
*Cytotoxic reaction
 
*IgG and IgM interaction with antigens bound to cellular membranes
 
*Often involves [[Complement - WikiBlood#Complement Fixation Pathways|complement fixation]] -> cellular damage
 
*In skin - circulating antibody to proteins of desmosomes in intercellular areas along basement membranes at epidermal-dermal junction
 
*Includes:
 
**[[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Pemphigus|Pemphigus]]
 
**[[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Bullous pemphigoid|Bullous pemphigoid]]
 
 
 
===Type III reactions===
 
*[[Complement - WikiBlood#Complement Fixation Pathways|Complement fixing]] immune complexes
 
*IgG or IgM
 
*Complexes deposit in tissue -> fix complement -> cytokines and othe factors attrack neutrophils -> release lysosomal enzymes, activation of complement and coagulation, platelet aggregation -> tissue damage
 
*Immune complex vasculitis -> [[General Pathology - Haemorrhage#Purpura haemorrhagica|purpura haemorrhagica]]
 
*Includes:
 
**[[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Lupus erythematosus|Systemic lupus erythematosus]]
 
**[[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Dermatomyositis|Canine dermatomyositis]]
 
 
 
===Type IV reactions===
 
*Delayed hypersensitivity
 
*Haptens bind to carrier proteins (mainly epidermal)
 
*Mediated by sensitised [[General Pathology - T-cell Activation and Function|T-cells]] -> release cytokines +/- recruit lymphocytes
 
*Used in diagnosis of tuberculosis, histoplasmosis and coccidiomycosis
 
*Perivascular mononuclear cell accumulation
 
 
 
==Hypersensitivity reactions==
 
 
 
===Allergic contact dermatitis===
 
 
 
*Usually involves [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Type IV reactions|Type IV reaction]]
 
*Pruritic lesions with self-inflicted trauma
 
*At areas in contact with allergen
 
*Grossly:
 
**Erythema, papules, +/- vesicles, exudation -> crusts
 
**If chronic, lichenification, hyperpigmentation, alopecia
 
*Microscopically:
 
**Spongiotic superficial perivascular dermatitis
 
**Mononuclear cells
 
**If chronic, epidermal hyperplasia
 
**May involve [[Eosinophils - WikiBlood|eosinophils]]
 
 
 
===Atopy===
 
 
 
*Involves [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Type I reactions|Type I reaction]]
 
*Mainly causes pruritus
 
*Dogs - face rubbing and foot licking; secondary [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Pyoderma|pyoderma]] or seborrhea
 
*Cats - facial, ear or generalised pruritus, miliary dermatitis, [[Skin Other - Pathology#Eosinophilic granuloma|eosinophilic granuloma complex]], symmetric alopecia
 
*Horses - pruritic hea, pinnae, ventrum, legs, tailhead or recurrent [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|urticaria]]
 
*Lesions generally due to self-trauma
 
*Microscopically:
 
**Hyperplastic superficial perivascular dermatitis
 
**Mast cells, eosinophils, nonmetachromatic mononuclear cells
 
**Perivascular inflammation may be involved especially in horses
 
 
 
===Culicoides hypersensitivity===
 
 
 
*Usually involves [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Type I reactions|Type I reaction]] and [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Type IV reactions|Type IV reaction]]  due to salivary antigens of ''Culicoides'' sp.
 
*May be seasonally recurring or continuous depending on climate
 
*Grossly:
 
**Papules, crusts, alopecia, excoriations, lichenification
 
*Microscopically:
 
**Superficial and dep perivascular dermatitis
 
**Many eosinophils
 
**Epidermal hyperplasia
 
**Hyperkeratosis
 
**Dermal fibrosis
 
**Possibly eosinophilic folliculitis, intraepidermal pustules and [[Skin Other - Pathology#Eosinophilic granuloma|eosinophilic granulomas]]
 
 
 
===Flea bite hypersensitivity===
 
 
 
*Usually involves [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Type I reactions|Type I reaction]] and [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Type IV reactions|Type IV reaction]] and cutaneous basophil hypersensitivity
 
*Mainly dorsolumbosacral area involved, abdomen, caudomedial thighs, flanks, neck of cats
 
*Secondary trauma is self-inflicted
 
*Grossly:
 
**Papular dermatitis
 
**Secondary excoriations
 
**Alopecic nodule if chronic
 
*Microscopically:
 
**Hyperplastic superficial perivascular dermatitis
 
**Oedema, [[Mast Cells - WikiBlood|mast cells]], [[Basophils - WikiBlood|basophils]], [[Eosinophils - WikiBlood|eosinophils]], [[Lymphocytes - WikiBlood|lymphocytes]], histiocytes
 
**Fibropruritic nodules covered by hyperplastic epidermis
 
 
 
==Autoimmune reactions==
 
 
 
===Bullous pemphigoid===
 
 
 
*Dogs and horses
 
*Involves oral cavity, mucocutaneous junctions, groin and axilla
 
*Subepidermal vesicles and bullae
 
*Antibodies bound to basement membrane
 
*Grossly:
 
**Similar to [[Skin Immunologic - Pathology#Pemphigus|Pemphigus vulgaris]]
 
*Microscopically:
 
**Bullae containing fibrin, neutrophils or eosinophils
 
**Basement membrane forms floor of bullae and roof is lined with basal cells
 
*Bullae may rupture -> ulcers
 
 
 
===Dermatomyositis===
 
*See also [[Muscles Developmental - Pathology#Canine dermatomyositis|Canine dermatomyositis]]
 
 
 
===Lupus erythematosus===
 
 
 
===Pemphigus===
 
 
 
*Blistering diseases
 
*Autoantibodies bind to desmosomal proteins -> cell adhesion disrupted -> vesicles
 
*Types:
 
**'''Pemphigus vulgaris'''
 
***Rare, severe form
 
***Cats and dogs
 
***Vesicles or bullae -> erosions and ulcers
 
***Involves oral cavity, mucocutaneous junctions and skin
 
***Microscopically:
 
****Suprabasilar vesiculation and row of basal cells adhering to basement membrane
 
****Superficial perivascular dermatitis
 
**'''Pemphigus vegetans'''
 
***Rare
 
***Dogs
 
***Involves the trunk
 
***Mild version of P. vulgaris
 
***Vesicopustular dermatitis + epidermal hyperplasia -> papillomatous formations
 
**'''Pemphigus foliaceus'''
 
***More common
 
***Cats, dogs, horses, goats
 
***Localised lesions or generalised
 
***Symmetrical vesicular or pustular dermatitis, crusts, scales, alopecia
 
***Microscopically:
 
****Acantholytic cells
 
****Subcorneal or intragranular pustules
 
****In third of equine or canine cases eosinophils are predominant
 
**'''Pemphigus erythematosus'''
 
***Cats and dogs
 
***Mild form of P. foliaceus
 
***Usually involves only face and external ears
 

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