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Endocrine effects on the skin - Pathology (view source)
Revision as of 17:05, 13 October 2011
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*Retained puppy hair coat, endocrine alopecia, decreased dermal elastin and catagen follicles ('''Flame follicles''').
*Retained puppy hair coat, endocrine alopecia, decreased dermal elastin and catagen follicles ('''Flame follicles''').
===='''Excess GH (hypersomatotropism)'''====
===='''Excess GH ([[hypersomatotropism]])'''====
*Grossly: thick, folded skin on head, neck and extremities, possibly with hypertrichosis
*Grossly: thick, folded skin on head, neck and extremities, possibly with hypertrichosis
*Microscopically: epidermal hyperplasia, dermal fibrosis, mucinous degeneration of dermis
*Microscopically: epidermal hyperplasia, dermal fibrosis, mucinous degeneration of dermis