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objectives

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  • recognize and describe gross lesions
  • diseases common per species
  • form ddx
  • know primary vs secondary lesion: give/recognize example of each
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Common presenting complaints

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  • odor
  • hair loss
  • itchiness
  • pigment change
  • lumps, bumps
  • scales
  • crusts
  • sores
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Functions of skin

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  • Temp and blood pressure regulation
  • flud regulation
  • protection: barrier
  • sensation
  • nutrient metabolism
  • immune functions: SALT
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Microscopic anatomy of skin

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  • Epidermis
    • can involve hair follicles (they are invagination of epidermis)
  • Dermis
  • Adnexa
    • hair follicle
    • apocrine gland
    • sebacious gland
  • Panniculus
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basal layer of skin

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germinal layer

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Epidermis

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  • Stratum corneum
  • Stratum granulosum
  • Stratu spinosum
  • Stratum basale
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Diagnostic approach

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  • Signalment
    • age of patient, breed, sex, color
    • age of lesions
  • History
    • duration, pruritus, other animals
  • Distribution and character of lesions
  • Response or failure to respond to treatment
  • overall health status
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Blue dobermans

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follicular dysplasia

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Primary lesions most useful for

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dx of dz

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Secondary lesion

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evolution

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Acanthosis

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  • Epidermal change: hyperplasia
    • usually affects stratum spinosum
    • regular
    • Irregular: yeast
    • papillated
    • pseudocarcinomatous
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Yeast infection

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  • acanthosis - lichenification
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Hyperkeratosis

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  • inc width of stratum corneum
    • orthokeratotic: too much, or not exfoliated
    • parakeratotic: too much with retained nuclei
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Ichthyosis

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  • congenital dz too much growth stratum corneum
  • good env for microbe growth and infections
  • orthokeratotic

*golden retrievers

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Superficial necrolytic dermatitis

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  • hyperkeratosis of foot pads
  • metabolic dz
  • assoc with liver disease
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Dyskeratosis

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  • premature keratinization of cells in epidermis
  • epidermal change
  • can be precancerous change
  • often see with parakeratosis as well
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Necrosis

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  • Epidermal changes
  • full thickness
  • apoptosis: single cell or clusters of cells
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Erythema multiforme

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  • tissue reaction to something
  • scattered, transepidermal reaction
  • Clinically
    • erosions
    • ulcers
    • crusts
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Cutanous atrophy

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  • fewer cells, smaller cells
  • epidermis
  • dermis
  • follicles
    • alopecia

*associated with cushings

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Edema

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  • Epidermal changes
    • intercellular = spongiosis
    • intracellular
      • hydropic degeneration
      • ballooning degeneration
  • could lead to sub-epidermal vesicle
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Full thickness epidermal necrosis

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  • toxic
  • burn
  • vasculitis
  • painful, life-threatening
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Acantholysis

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  • loss of cohesion between keratinocytes due to breakdown of cell to cell attachments
  • two main mechanisms
    • type II hypersensitivity: pemfigus foleacious
      • diff from infection
    • enzymatic destruction
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Pemphigus foliaceus

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  • primary lesion is pustule
    • secondary lesion is crust
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classic distribution of pemfiigus foleaceus

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across nasal planum

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vesicles/bullae
* epidermal changes * fluid filled * within epidermis or at epidermal/dermal junction
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Vesicular or pustular pathogenesis
* Marked spongiosis, hydropic or ballooning degeneration * Enzymatic destruction * Immune destruction * acantholysis * other * mechanical destruction * burn * friction * Genetic structural defects
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Vesicle
* Severe epidermal edema * severe contact hypersensitivity * sting/bite (type 1)
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Epidermal-dermal separation
* immune mediated * primary lesion: vesicle * secondary lesion: ulcer
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Pustules
* epidermal changes * Pustule * neutrophilic: infection * eosinophilic: atopy, hypersensitivity * pautrier's microabscesses: malignant leukocytes * crust
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changes in pigmentation
* hyperpigmentation * chronic inflammation * idiopathic * hypopigmentation * prob with basal membrane * only pigmented part of skin
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Follicular changes
* Hyperkeratosis * Atrophy * Folliculitis * Furunculosis * Dysplasia
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DDX folliculitis
1. bacterial infection 2. dermatophytes 3. demodecosis
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Folliculitis/furunculosis
* grossly, folliculocentric papules or nodule * patcy alopecia * ulcerative draning lesions in severe cases * inflammation targets hair follicle * leukocytes are within the wall or lumen of follicle * furunculosis * wall of follicle is destroyed by infiltrate and contents of hair follicle are in dermis
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Dermal changes
* Inflammation * Edema * urticaria/Angioedema * immunologic (Type 1) and nonimmunologic causes * Mucinosis: chinese shar pei * Collagen * fibrosis * degeneration * mineralization * Elastin: elastosis * calcinosis cutis * hyperadrenocorticism * Subcutis * panniculitis * fat necrosis
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Vessels
* Vasodilation * erythema, edema * Vasculitis * thrombosis * ischemia * edema * hemorrhage * atrophy
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When bx
* devastating dz * neoplasm * unsuccessful tx * immediate answer * primary lesions, leading margins, edges of ulcers, crusts * multiple sites
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Pattern DX of skin and disease
* Based on types of cells present and their distribution in conjuction with types of changes discussed * Rarely pathognomonic * suggestive of pathogenesis and categories of disease
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Cellular infiltrates
* Neutrophils * active inflammation * Eosinophils * allergic or ectoparasites * Mononuclear phagocytes * persistent antigen in tissue * Lymphocytes/plasma cells * Mast cells * resident cells, hypersensitivity
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Perivascular Dermatitis
* most common type * generic response to skin injury * suggests **hypersensitivity** * aggregates of inflammatory cells around vessels * acute/chronic
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Interface dermatitis
* hydropic degeneration/apoptosis in basal layer * band of lymphs, plasma cells, macs at epidermal/dermal junction * pigmentary incontinence * +/- vesicles at interface \*almost always immune mediated
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Interface dermatitis pathogenesis
* cytotoxic T-cell attack on keratinocytes or melanocytes, or basement membrane components * non-immune mediated damage * unknown
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Uveodermatologic syndrome
* akitas * attack on melanocytes * uveitis is painful
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Interface Dermatitis Discoid lupus
* depigmentation around face and nose
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**Whats the target of interface dermatitis?** **TQ**
* Anything at the basal region, dermal epidermal junction
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**Common pathogenesis in interface dermatitis?**
* Immune mediated * DKH: melanocytes * Discoid lupus * systemic lupus \*depigmenting
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Vasculitis
* Leukocytes within walls of capillaries and venules * evidence of vessel damage * edema/hemorrhage * fibrinoid necrosis/thrombosis * leukoclasis * Overall skin changes will reflect degree of vascular damage * mild-atrophy and alopecia * severe-cutaneous infarction and ulceration * If multicentric, lesions at * tail * footpads * ears \*vasculitis common in dogs and horse
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Vasculitis pathogenesis
* Type III hypersensitivity: immune complex deposition in vessels * Primary bacterial skin disease * bacterial septicemia * systemic infection with endotheliotropic organism * rickettsia
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Vasculitis-pigs
* Erysepalothrix rhusiopathiae - septic emboli
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Nodular to diffuse dermatitis
* dermis +/- panniculus * have nodules or diffuse infiltrates of leukocytes * Types of leukocytes present help point to a cause * Pathogenesis * persistence of antigens in tissue stimulate a cell mediated immune response
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Nodular to diffuse dermatitis causes
* Fungi - zygomeycetes, others * deep pyo * higher bacteria - acid fast bacteria * parasites * protozoans * oomycetes * pythium, lagenidium * Algae * idiopathic - sterile * foreign material * neoplasms * histiocytic * eosinophilic granulomas
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Dematiaceus fungi
* fungi pigmented in tissues * nodular to diffuse dermatitis * ex: horse traumatic implantation
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Vesicular or pustular
* Vesicles or pustules are within or below the epidermis * intraepidermal * subcorneal * suprabasilar * subepidermal: splits epidermis and dermis
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Vesicular or pustular pathogenesis
* marked spongiosis, hydropic or ballooning degeneration * enzymatic destrution * immune destruction * mechanical destruction * burn * friction * genetic structural defects
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Vesicular or pustular, determining specific process
* need to know * level of vesicle formation * degree and type of celular infiltrate * signalment * distribution of lesions needed to determine specific dz process present
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Level of vesicle is critical
to determine specific disease process present
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Subcorneal vesicle/pustule
* superficial pyoderma * pemphigus foliaceus
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Suprabasilar vesicle/pustule
* pemphigus vulgaris
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Subepidermal vesicle/pustule
* bullous pemphigoid * SLE (systemic lupoid erythematosus) * TEN (Toxic epidermal necrosis) * burns * EB (epidermal lysis bullosa)
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TEN vs EB
* TEN: epidermis dead * EB: viable epidermis
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Folliculitis/furunculosis
* grossly, folliculocentric papules or nodule * patchy alopecia * severe cases may have ulcerative draining lesions * Inflammation targets hair follicle * leukocytes are within the wall or lumen of the follicle * furunculosis: wall of follicle destroyed by infiltrate and contents of hair follicle are in dermis
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Folliculitis/furunculosis
* colonization of hair follicle by organism most common * bacteria, dermatophytes, mites * immune mediated * idiopathic
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Folliculitis/furunculosis other causes
* feline acne * pelodera * arthropod bites (common in fl) * eosinophilic folliculitis
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**What are most common causes of folliculitis in dogs?** **TQ**
1. **Bacteria** 2. **Dermatophytes** 3. **Mites**
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Panniculitis
* Subcutaneous fat focus of inflammation * Grossly-papules and nodules that drain * may have oily exudate * Histologically * inflammation of subcutis - nodular to diffuse * same list of agents as nodular to diffuse * part of systemic dz * pancreatitis * idiopathic sterile nodular panniculitis
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Commn DDX for panniculitis in cats
* Atypical mycobacteria * Nocardia
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Atrophic Dermatoses
* symmetric hypotrichosis, thin skin * comedones * telangiectasia * hyperpigmentation * focal atrophic dermatotsis - partial ischemia
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Atrophic dermatoses most common cause
Hormonal disturbance
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Atrophic dermatoses
* epidermal and follicular atrophy with hyperkeratosis * sebaceous gland atrophy * hyperpigmentation * may or may not se inflammation * hormonal imbalance * hyperadrenocorticism * hypothyroidism * sex hormone imbalance * ischemia if focal * need additional clinical and biochemical info for definitive dx in most cases
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Cats hyperadrenocorticism
**fragile skin**

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