Erythema Multiforme, SJS, TEN Flashcards
Hyperkeratotic Erythema multiforme: sex
Males > females
Erythema multiforme: breed
German Shepherd
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Erythema multiforme: age
Any
Hyperkeratotic form = old dogs!
Erythema multiforme: most common trigger in HUMANs
Herpes virus
Drugs <10%
Erythema multiforme: pathogenesis (humans)
LC bind antigen –> LC show antigen to keratinocytes –> Keratinocytes express an antigen (drug, infectious agent antigen)–> lymphocytes respond to antigen-bound keratinocyte
*Dermis: CD4+ (Th1) –> IFNg (virus) or TNFa (drugs)
*Epidermis: CD8+, NK cells –> granulysin release –> Apoptosis
Which cytokine is important for EM, by upregulating MHC cl I and clI, enabling keratinocytes to present MORE antigens?
IFNg
Which cytokine is important for EM, by:
1) Chemoattractant for NK cells
2) upregulating adhesion molecules (ICAM1 in epidermis)
IFNg
Which MHC is upregulated in EM keratinocytes in dogs?
*MHC class II
*Overexpress CD44 (attracts leukocytes)
*Overexpress ICAM1 (binding of leukocytes)
Which APCs over abundant in the epidermis in EM?
*LCs, DCs
*CD8+>CD4+ T cells
*NK cells
Which type of T cell is abundant in EM skin
CD8 (in BOTH epidermis and dermis)
Triggers for Erythema multiforme in Dogs
*Infections (CHV, CPV-2, distemper, Staphylococcus/dermatitis, Pseudomonas/otitis, E coli/ OM, anal sacculitis, Pneumocystis
*Drugs (19-59%) (antimicrobials, antiepileptics/zonisamide, nutraceuticals)
*CAFR
*Neoplasia (thymoma, leukemia)
*Burn
*Idiopathic (23-43%): Hyperkeratotic EM
Triggers for Erythema multiforme in cats
*Infections: FHV
*Drugs (up to 100%): usually antimicrobials
*Neoplasia (thymoma)
*Idiopathic
Triggers for Erythema multiforme in other species
*Herpesvirus: horse, pig
*Distemper virus: ferret
*Antimicrobials: horse
*Food: horse
*Neoplasia: lymphoma, horse
*Idiopathic
Difference between EM minor and EM major
Minor: No systemic signs, 0-1 mucosae affected
Major: >1 mucosae affected + systemic signs
Both have <50% body surface affected (otherwise, SJS or TEN)
Histopath differences between EM, SJS-TEN, LE, thymoma-associated exfoliative dermatitis (cats)
*SJS/TEN have less apoptosis and more necrosis. Less inflammation
HOWEVER, its a CLINICAL diagnosis, as so similar on histopath
*LE: Apoptosis is only in basal layer, not multilayer (like EM)
*Thymoma: less apoptosis