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==Eosinophilic infiltration== | ==Eosinophilic infiltration== | ||
===Eosinophilic plaques=== | ===Eosinophilic plaques=== | ||
| + | *Common in cats | ||
| + | *Medial thighs and abdomen mostly involved | ||
| + | *Often associated with hypersensitivity | ||
| + | *Grossly:raised plaques, erythematous, pruritic, erosed or ulcerated | ||
| + | *Microscopically: acanthosis, spongiosis, erosions or ulceration, predominantly eosinophilic dermatitis, possibly areas of collagen degeneration | ||
===Eosinophilic granulomas=== | ===Eosinophilic granulomas=== | ||
===Eosinophilic folliculitis and furunculosis=== | ===Eosinophilic folliculitis and furunculosis=== | ||
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==Sterile granulomatous disorders== | ==Sterile granulomatous disorders== | ||
===Juvenile pyoderma=== | ===Juvenile pyoderma=== | ||
===Equine generalised granulomatous disease=== | ===Equine generalised granulomatous disease=== | ||
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Epidermal growth or differentiation disorders
Seborrheic disease complex
- Abnormal cornification or function of sebaceous glands
- Large amounts of free fatty acids and cholesterol
- Decreased amounts of diester waxes in surface lipids
- Bacterial population changes to pathogenic coagulase positive staphylococci
- Chronic disease affecting mainly dogs, sometimes cats and horses
- Dry form - white to grey scales
- Greasy form - scaly, excess brown to yellow lipids sticking to skin and hair
Primary idiopathic seborrhea
- Abnormal cornification
- Epidermal turnover reduced to about 2/3 of normal
- Microscopically:
- Hyperkeratosis distending follicular ostia causing papillary appearance
- Parakeratosis at edges of follicular ostia
- Congested, oedematous dermal papillae
- Spongiotic epidermis with leukocytes
Secondary seborrhea
- Develops secondarily to many types of disease (e.g. ectoparasites, fungal infections, endocrine disease, internal disease or allergy)
- Microscopically:
- Hyperkeratosis and/or parakeratosis of follicles and epidermis
- Lesions relevant to the other disease
Sebaceous adenitis
- Inflammation of sebaceous glands, alopecia, hyperkeratosis
- Possibly immune-mediated
- Mainly affects dogs
- Long haired show multifocal, serpiginous and annular lesions
- Microscopically:
- Inflammation of sebaceous glands
- Possibly orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis
- Chronic lesions are deprived of sebaceous glands and contain mild inflammation and fibrosis at follicular isthmus
Pigmentation disorders
Hypopigmentation
- Leukoderma or vitiligo - loss of pigment in the skin
- Leukotrichia - loss of pigment of the hair
- Hypopigmentation or incomplete albinism - generalised reduction of pigment in skin or hair
- Albinism - inherited lack of pigment
- Dilution - reduced pigmentation
- Can be localised or generalised, idiopathic or asociated with other diseases
- Examples of hereditary conditions: Maltese dilution of cats, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, leukoderma and leukotrichia of Dobermans, Arabian fading syndrome
- Asociated with some immune-mediated disorders, e.g. discoid lupus erythematosus
Hyperpigmentation
Image of endocrine hyperpigmentation from Cornell Veterinary Medicine
- Results from irritation or inflammation, pigmented neoplasms or metabolic diseases
- Lentigo - circumscribed macular or slightly raised plaque with epidermal hyperplasia and hyperpigmentation
Eosinophilic infiltration
Eosinophilic plaques
- Common in cats
- Medial thighs and abdomen mostly involved
- Often associated with hypersensitivity
- Grossly:raised plaques, erythematous, pruritic, erosed or ulcerated
- Microscopically: acanthosis, spongiosis, erosions or ulceration, predominantly eosinophilic dermatitis, possibly areas of collagen degeneration