Difference between revisions of "Flea Bite Hypersensitivity"

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*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
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*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|mast cells]], [[Basophils|basophils]], [[Eosinophils|eosinophils]], [[Lymphocytes|lymphocytes]], histiocytes
 
**Fibropruritic nodules covered by hyperplastic epidermis
 

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