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*Microscopically: interface dermatitis and basal cell degeneration of epidermis and follicular wall, atrophy of follicles, epidermal vesicles and pustules, dermal scarring | *Microscopically: interface dermatitis and basal cell degeneration of epidermis and follicular wall, atrophy of follicles, epidermal vesicles and pustules, dermal scarring | ||
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**Usually involves nasal planum, dorsum of muzzle, occasionally pinnae, lips, oral mucosa or periocular area | **Usually involves nasal planum, dorsum of muzzle, occasionally pinnae, lips, oral mucosa or periocular area | ||
**Microscopically: lichenoid interface dermatitis, often with lymphocytes, plasma cells, basal cell degeneration, loss of pigment | **Microscopically: lichenoid interface dermatitis, often with lymphocytes, plasma cells, basal cell degeneration, loss of pigment | ||
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===[[Pemphigus]]=== | ===[[Pemphigus]]=== |
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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
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 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
Canine Dermatomyositis
- See also Canine dermatomyositis
- Affects puppies of collies and shetland sheepdogs from 8 weeks of age
- Lesions - vesiculating dermatitis
- Face, lips, external ears, later distal extremities
- Microscopically: interface dermatitis and basal cell degeneration of epidermis and follicular wall, atrophy of follicles, epidermal vesicles and pustules, dermal scarring
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Systemic (SLE)
- Multiple organs involved
- Cats, dogs, horses
- Immune dysregulation:
- Damaged T-cell suppressor function, either primary deficiency or antibody mediated
- Cytokine dysregulation
- Resulting B-cell hyperactivity -> antibodies to self antigens -> antigen-antibody complexes deposited in various tissues -> Type III hypersensitivity
- Lesions localised or generalised
- Erythema, alopecia, depigmentation, crusting and scaling, ulceration
- Microscopically: lymphohistiocytic interface dermatitis, thickened basement membrane, vasculitis, subepidermal vesicles, basal cell degeneration
- Discoid
- Milder variant of systemic
- Depigmentation, erythema, scaling, erosions, ulceration, crusting
- Usually involves nasal planum, dorsum of muzzle, occasionally pinnae, lips, oral mucosa or periocular area
- Microscopically: lichenoid interface dermatitis, often with lymphocytes, plasma cells, basal cell degeneration, loss of pigment