SS 3 Derm Flashcards
Which one causes pruritis
Where are the mites located
Sarcoptes causes pruritis; Demodex never causes pruritis
The Démodéx canis mites are deep and will need to cause capillary bleeding to scrap it
Demodex gatoi, Cheyletiella, Sarcoptes are surface scraping
To look at root and tip and shaft of hair to diagnose
Trichogram - that looks for the stage of hair follicle
Dermatophytes (hyphae / spores)
Ectoparasites
Worst Area to get a cytology from is
A dry area/lesion because cant do impression
Cytology Types and why
Cytology:
• Fine Needle Aspirate: neoplasia, tumor plaque, abscess
• Swab: ears/ wet/ nail bed
• Impression: exudative/ crust
• Scotch tape : dry waxy (skin/foot folds)
Heat fix+ DiffQuik (not gram staining)
Mineral oil + Condenser up
Yeast in ear, skin fold, vulva, paw—> identify with cytology
Malassezia pachydermatis which is only significant if clinical signs (itching/pruritis)
-if 0.5-1 in high power field
How to tell if
- Staph pseudointermedius
-Pseudomonas aerugenosa
- Simonsiella
is pathogenic
- Staph pseudointermedius
If it has degenerate neutrophils in cytology
-Pseudomonas aerugenosa (rod on ear or skin cytology)
Always pathogenic
- Simonsiella bacteria
Normal in oral cavity and biting bc pruritis
When would you culture even if no organisms are seen on cytology
If there are degenerate neutrophils with macrophages and ,lymphocytes
Keratocytes vs corneocytes
Keratocytes are nucleated (fat round) and are made in stratum basale of the epidermis and become the dead non-nucleated corneocytes (long skinny) of the stratum corneum
- Shoudl not see keratinocytes on the surface skin
What you’ll see if bacteria
Intact pustule
Epidermal Collarette (broken pustule)
Draining tract
Purulent d/c from ears
Inflammatory Cells you’ll see on cytology
Neutrophils
Eonsinophils
Macrophages and lymphocytes
Mast cells
Epithelial cells
Neutrophils degenerate : bacterial pyoderma
Neutrophils non-degen: Immune rx, foreign body, pemphigus foliaceues
Eosinophils: Parasites, foriegn body, Mast cell tumor, pemphigus foliaceues
Macrophages and lymphocytes: for more chronic and deeper lesions
• macrophage is vacoulated and degenerate
Mast sparse =parasite/allergy; a lot =tumor
Epithelial cells : Non-nucleated corneocytes = normal on surface; nucleated keratocytes in surface = abnormal epithelial cell turnover
If doing FNA or biopsy of a nodule
Give diphenhydramine to avoid problems if its a mast cell that granulates
What fluoresces with a woods lamp? Dermatophyte hint
Microsporum canis 50% of time
- only affected hairs fluoresce
Have false neg (iodine/50%) and false positives (sebaceous adenitis)—> use fungal culture with DTM [if red in 3-10 days = dermatophyte ]
What test for collecting fungi from skin?
Mackenzie brush technique onto DTM
Which Fungi have both macroconidia and microconidia?
The microsporum gypseum and trichophyton mentagrophyte
Tissue culture vs Skin biopsy
Both use punch biopsy
With tissue culture it is if nodule or draining tract [its bacteria]
- cut off epidermal layer
Skin biopsy : neoplasia, autoimmune (pemphiphagus), sebaceous adenitis [woods lamp + ddx], pos parasites/bacteria/fungal
- use edge and anesthetic and be careful of the tissue [hypodermic needle]
Stain for cytology
DiffQuik: not from gram neg or positive - just to see -purple; bacteria and inflammatory cell composition
Acid Fast for mycobacteria
GMS for cytology of fungi
Fungi in cytology vs in fungal culture
GMS stain for fungal in cytology ; but with skin scrape or tape lactophenol cotton blue in fungal culture
Which layer of the epidermidis is thicker at the foot pads, and the nasal planum and mucocutaneous Junction
Epidermal spinosum
Keratohyalin granules
Are in the stratum grandulosum and have things that help the spinosum cells become the corneum
Adhesion between keratinocytes
With adhesion junctions and desmosome
Immune mediated disease that only affects nail beds and claw
Symmetric lupoid onychodystrophy
Licking paws, cause lameness, and sloughing, usually affects more than one part in more than one digit
Doxycycline and niacinamide
Brittle claw and sloughing → cycles so its clinically diagnosed
Hair cycle
Grows in stages (anagen catagen telegen and POS exogen)
-doodles have long anlagen phase of growing