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Generalised alopecia

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HAC
Hypothyroidism
Hyperoestrogenism
Pituitary dwarfism

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Hypotrichosis with scales/crusts

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Feline thymoma
Cutaneous t-cell lymphoma

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Facial/dorsal alopecia, erythema, scaling, crusting

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Leishmaniosis
Lupus erythematous
Exfoliative cutaneous lupus erythematous (GSHP))

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Alopecia, erythema, scaling, crusts - affecting face, legs, tail

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Dermatomyositis

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Alopecia with shiny skin - periocular, ventral neck, ventrum, legs (cat)

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Paraneoplastic alopecia (pancreatic adenocarcinoma, biliary cholangiocarcinoma, hepatic carcinoma)

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Cutaneous erythema, alopecia, scales, crusts - mucocutaneous junction

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Zinc-responsive dermatosis
Lethal acrodermatitis (Bull Terrier)
CDV
SND
Erythema multiforme
Paraneoplastic pemphigus
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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Cutaneous plaques

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Calcinosis cutis - HAC, renal disease, granulomatous disease (blastomycosis)
Xanthoma - hyperlipidaemia
Hyperpigmented - pappilomavirus associated
Eosinophilic
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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Cutaneous nodules

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Collagenous - nodular dermatofibrosis
Sterile nodular panniculitis (pancreatic panniculitis)
Infectious - blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, aspergillosis

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Skin fragility

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Cutaneous asthenia (abnormal collagen formation)
Feline acquired skin fragility - HAC, FIP, hepatic disease

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Thick skin

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Hypothyroidism
Acromegaly
Chinese Star Pei

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How does dermatomyositis present? What breeds are affected?

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Skin lesions affected face, lower extremities and tail
Muscle involvement - gait, dysphagia +/- megaoesophagus
Collies and Shetland Sheepdog

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Weight gain

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Increased appetite - medication, HAC, acromegaly, insulinoma, hypothalamic disorder
Normal appetite - hypothyroidism, hypopituitarism, hypogonadism, hyperlipidaemia

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Abdominal effusion - pure transudate

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Reduced oncotic pressure

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Abdominal effusion - modified transudate

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Increased hydrostatic pressure
Pre-hepatic portal hypertension - congenital portal vein atresia, extraluminal obstruction (neoplasia), intraluminal obstruction (thrombosis)
Hepatic portal hypertension - chronic cholangitis, lobar-dissecting hepatitis, veno-occlusive disease)
Post hepatic portal hypertension - R-CHF, Budd-Chiari

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Eosinophilic abdominal effusion

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Lymphoma, systemic MCT, aberrant larval migrants, fungal disease, disseminated eosinophilic granulomatosis

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Peripheral oedema

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pg84

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Weight loss

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pg87

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Failure to grow

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pg90

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Weakness

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pg92-93

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Restlessness

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pg96

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Anorexia

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pg98

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Polyphagia

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pg101

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Coughing

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pg108

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Sneezing

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pg112

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Nasal discharge

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pg112

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Dyspnoea

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pg117

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Epistaxis

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pg120

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Syncope

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pg124

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Tremor

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pg131

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Ataxia

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pg 136

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Stupor/coma

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pg141

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Seizures

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pg144

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Gagging

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pg 152

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Dysphagia

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pg157

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Regurgitation

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Vomiting

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Melena

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Dyschezia

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PUPD

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USG <1.006

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PP
CDI
Primary NDI
HAC
Atypical lepto
Hypercalcaemia

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Pollakiuria

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Stranguria

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Incontinence

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Pallor

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Parodoxical pulse

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Cardiac tamponade

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Hyperaemia

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Cyanosis

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Jaundice

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Petechiae/ecchymoses

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Split S1

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Healthy large breed dog
Ectopic beat, BBB
Tricuspid/mitral stenosis

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Split S2

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Healthy large breed dog (inspiration)
Heartworm, PHT, R>L PDA
ASD, PS, RBBB, mitral insufficiency/stenosis

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Audible S3

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Diastolic volume overload (DCM, PDA, mitral insufficiency)

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Audible S4

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Ventricular hypertrophy/stiffness
3rd degree AV block

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Blood smear features of IMHA

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Spherocytosis, agglutination, ghost cells

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Blood smear features of oxidant injury

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Heinz bodies, eccentrocytes, pyknocytes

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Blood smear features of fragmentation injury

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Accanthocytes, keratocytes, schistocytes

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Blood smear features of snake envenomation

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Echinocytes, ghost cells

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Anaemia

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Erythrocytosis

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Thrombocytopenia

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Thrombocytosis

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Hypoproteinaemia

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Hyperproteinaemia

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Hypoglycaemia

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Hyperglycaemia

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Hyperlipidaemia (HCH or HTG?)

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Hypocholesterolaemia

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PLE
Hepatic insufficiency
Selected malignancies

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CK elevation

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Hypernatraemia

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pg266
*ebox67-1

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Hyponataemia

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pg268
*ebox67-2

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SIADH diagnostic criteria

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Hyponatraemia with hypotonic plasma
Urine Osm > plasma Osm
Increased renal Na excretion
Absence of oedema or volume depletion
Normal renal/adrenal function

72
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Conditions causing SIADH

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Dirofilariasis
Hypothalamic neoplasia
Rathke’s cleft cyst
Acanthamoebe meningitis
Traumatic brain injury
Ischaemic stroke
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Hydrocephalus
Liver disease
Vinblastine OD
Neoplastic production of ADH
Pulmonary disease

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Hypochloraemia

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Hyperchloraemia

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Hypokalaemia

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Hyperkalaemia

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Hypomagnesemia

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Hypermagnesemia

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Hypercalcaemia

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Hypocalcaemia

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Hyperphosphataemia

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Lactic acidosis

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Hyperammonaemia

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Cavitary effusion

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Hypophosphataemia

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