Superficial Necrolytic Dermatopathy
- Also known as diabetic dermatopathy, hepatocutaneous syndrome
- In older dogs with diabetes mellitus, hepatic dysfunction or pancreatic lesions
- Grossly: scaling and crusting, erythema, facial, genital and distal extremities alopecia, crusting, fissures and ulceration of foot pads
- Microscopically: trilaminar thickening of epidermis (outermost layer is keratotic, intermediate oedematous and vacuolated, inner is hyperplastic)