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Unit 2- Skin Flashcards

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Vitamin D Production

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Epidermis converts provitamin D3 into D3, liver hydroxylates, and kidneys convert to active form

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Lesion Characteristics

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Distribution, location, size, shape, configuration, type

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Primary Lesion

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Directly associated with disease process

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Secondary Lesion

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Modification of the primary lesion that results from its evolution or traumatic injury

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Macule

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A smaller flat circumscribed lesion of altered skin color

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Patch

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A larger flat circumscribed lesion of altered skin color

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Papule

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A small solid elevated lesion

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Plaque

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A larger flat elevation in skin

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Pustule

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Circumscribed raised superficial accumulation of purulent fluid within the epidermis

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Vesicle

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A smaller sharply circumscribed elevation of epidermis filled with clear fluid

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Bulla

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A larger sharply circumscribed elevation of epidermis filled with clear fluid

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Wheal

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Sharply circumscribed raised lesion consisting of edema

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Nodule

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Circumscribed larger solid elevation that usually extends into deeper layers of skin

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Cyst

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Epithelium lined cavity containing fluid or solid material, smooth, well circumscribed, solid mass

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Alopecia

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Partial to complete loss of hair

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Scale

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Sheets of cornified cells that split and separate from epidermis as fragments

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Crust

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Desquamation composed of dry accumulations of serum, pus, epithelial, and bacterial debris

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Follicular Casts

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Accumulation of keratin and follicular material that adheres to the hair shaft extending above the surface of the follicle

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Comedo

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Dilated hair follicle filled with cornified cells and sebaceous material

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Epidermal Collarette

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Thin layer of scale that expands peripherally and forms a ring

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Scar

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Fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after dermis injury

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Excoriation

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Superficial linear break of the dermis

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Erosion

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Partial-thickness loss of epidermis resulting in shallow, moist, glistening depression

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Ulcer

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Full-thickness loss of epidermis and basement membrane, portion of dermis with depression and exposed surface

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Fissue

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Deep linear break from epidermis into dermis

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Lichenification

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Rough, thickened epidermis

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Callus

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Thick, firm, hyperkeratotic, hairless plaque with increased skin folds, wrinkles, or fissures

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Superficial Skin Scraping

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Scabies mite

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Deep Skin Scraping

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Demodex mite

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Tape Cytology

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Bacteria, yeast, acantholytic cells

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Cytology for masses

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Fine needle aspirate

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Culture of Superficial Infections

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Skin swab for aerobic bacteria

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Culture of Deep Infection

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Sterile tissue culture for bacteria, mycobacterium, and fungi

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Dermatophyte Culture

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Hair pluck, toothbrush, dermatophyte test medium, and PCR

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Allergy Testing

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Serology or intradermal testing only after all other causes of pruritus have been ruled out

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When to biopsy

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Disease can only be diagnosed by biopsy, failure to respond to therapy, severe clinical presentation, persistent ulcer, nodular or neoplastic, and guides treament

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What to biopsy

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Primary lesions

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Prior to biopsy

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Avoid steroids, treat infection, submit tissue culture, leave crusts and scales, provide clinical history and differentials

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Keratinocyte Function

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Permeability barrier, structural support, immunoregulation

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Keratinocyte Structure

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Keratin filaments connect to desmosomes, providing structural integrity

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Lamellar body

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Lipid vesicles that act as structure between keratinocytes

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Hyperkeratosis

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Excessive thickening or hyperplasia of stratum corneum

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Primary cause of hyperkeratosis

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Mutation of lipids, enzyme, or structural protein

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Secondary cause of hyperkeratosis

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Chronic irritation

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Orthokeratosis

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Keratinocytes undergo complete cornification and lose their nucleus

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Parakeratosis

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Keratinocytes only partially undergo cornification due to faster turnover time and retain the nucleus

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Golden Retriever Ichthyosis

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Lamellar othokeratotic hyperkeratosis, congenital defect in formation of the stratum corneum leading to generalized scaling on the trunk

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Primary Serborrhea

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Excessive scaling, not a diagnosis

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Acanthosis

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Epidermal hyperplasia, thickening due to increased number of cells in the epidermis, especially stratum spinosum, response to chronic inflammation

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Acral Lick Dermatitis

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Underlying disease causes chronic focal trauma and secondary deep pyoderma on dorsal carpus of dog

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Spongiosis

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Intercellular Edema

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Intracellular Edema

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Ballooning degeneration in the superficial layer, hydropic degeneration in the basal layer

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Acantholysis

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Disruption of desmosomes between keratinocytes, causes vesicles and bullar

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Subcorneal Acantholysis

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Superficial layer, pemphigus foliaceus

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Suprabasal Acantholysis

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Basal layer, pemphigus vulgaris

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Exocytosis

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Aggregation of leukocytes in the epidermis

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Langerhans Cells

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Immune dendritic cells that process and present antigens to T cells

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Contact Hypersensitivity

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Allergic contact dermatitis, hapten delayed hypersensitivity

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MElanocytes

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Transfer melanin to keratinocytes in basal cell layer of epidermis and anagen hair follicles

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Pigmentary Incontinence

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Loss of melanin due to damage to the cells of the basal layer or follicles, causes accumulation of pigment in macrophages

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Lentigo Simplex

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Black spots on cat face, permanent but harmless

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Uveodermatologic Syndrome

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Autoimmune disease attacking melanocytes and causing uveitis, photophobia, blepharospasm, and depigmentation in akita and arctic breeds

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Merkel Cells

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Mechanoreceptors in tylotrich pads and hair follicles

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Basement Membrane Zone

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Anchors epidermis to dermis and heals wounds

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Subepidermal Blistering Disease

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Vesicles lead to ulcers and subepidermal cleft under the basement membrane

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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Congenital defect in dermal collagen leads to cutaneous hyperextensibility, tears, wounds, and scars, diagnosed by skin extensibility index

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Solar Dermatitis

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Chronic exposure to light alters fibroblast function and causes erythema, scales, thick skin, erosions, ulcers, comedones, and cancer

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Calcinosis Cutis

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Hypercortisolemia causes dermal mineralization on the dorsal neck, axilla, and groin

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Simple Follicles

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Human, cattle, horses, pigs

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Compound Follicles

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Dogs, cats, sheep, goats

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Hair Growth Cycle

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Anagen is the growth phase, telogen is resting phase when the follicle retracts into the dermis

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Sinus Hairs

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Slow adapting mechanoreceptors

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Tylotrich Hairs

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Rapid adapting mechanoreceptors scattered among normal hair

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Anagen Stimulating Hormones

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Thyroid hormone and androgens

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Anagen Inhibiting Hormones

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Glucocorticoids and estrogen

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Adnexal Atrophy

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Endocrine dermatopathy, alopecia

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Sebaceous Glands

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Holocrine glands open into the hair follicle

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Sebaceous Adenitis

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Loss of sebaceous glands and replacement with inflammatory cells leads to scales, hair thinning, alopecia, and follicular casts in poodle, akita, samoyed, and vizsla

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Epitrichial Sweat Glands

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Apocrine glands empty into the hair follicle

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Atrichial Sweat Glands

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Eccrine glands present in paw pads empty directly onto the skin

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Subcutis

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Adipose tissue and loose connective tissue between dermis and muscle

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Panniculitis

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Inflammation of the panniculus (subcutis)

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Perivascular Dermatitis

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Inflammatory cells aggregate around blood vessels due to any insult

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Superficial Perivascular Dermatitis

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Due to hypersensitivity disorders

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Type I Hypersensitivity

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After first hypersensitivity, IgE will bind mast cells to release cytokines that attract eosinophils and lead to second reaction

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Acute Perivascular Dermatitis

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Edema, erythematous papules

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Chronic Perivascular Dermatitis

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Alopecia, lichenification, and hyperpigmentation

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Urticaria

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Smaller hives

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Angioedema

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Larger hives

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Canine Atopic Dermatitis

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Generalized pruritus due to skin barrier dysfunction and dysregulated immune response leads to secondary infection, lesions, diagnosis by allergy testing

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Canine Food Allergy

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Non seasonal pruritus, GI signs, and secondary infection

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Canine Flea Allergic Dermatitis

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Seasonal hypotrichosis, papules, erythematous plaques, and wheals due to sensitization to flea saliva proteins

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Feline Atopic Skin Syndrome

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Inflammatory and pruritic skins syndrome of cats manifested by nonspecific reaction patterns

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Cutaneous Reaction Patterns for FSS

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Miliary dermatitis, self-induced alopecia, face head neck pruritus, and eosinophilic granuloma complex

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Sarcoptic Mange

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Burrowing mites cause highly contagious pruritus, diagnose with scraping

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Cutaneous Acariasis

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Intracorneal arthropods

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Malassezia Dermatitis

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Secondary yeast infection concurrent with otitis externa

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Armadillo Westie

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Malassezia dermatitis in west highland white terriers

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Parakeratosis

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Indicative of increased epidermal turnover

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Type 1 Zinc Responsive Dermatitis

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Defect of Zn absorption or metabolism in husky and malamute

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Type 2 Zinc Responsive Dermatitis

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Zinc deficient diet or over supplementation of chelates

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Zinc Responsive Dermatosis in Pigs

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Piglets not allowed access to soil or not supplemented with zinc

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Superficial Necrolytic Dermatitis

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Liver disease, glucagonoma, or diabetes causes hyperkeratosis of paw pad, bilaterally symmetrical erythemal, scaling, crusting, erosion, and ulcer in small breed geriatric dogs

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French Flag Histology

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Red (parakeratosis), white (edema), and blue (basal cell hyperplasia) in superficial necrolytic dermatitis

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Interface Dermatitis

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Type III or IV hypersensitivity targets basal keratinocytes and dermoepidermal junction

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Acantholysis

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Loss of cohesion between keratinocytes due to desmosome breakdown

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Acantholytic Cells

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Keratinocytes separate from neighbors and become rounded

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Intraepidermal Vesicular Dermatitis

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Caused by acantholysis, vesicles and pustules form and progress to erosions and crusts

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Cause of Acantholysis

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Pemphigus foliaceus, S. pseudintermedius, Dermatophytes release proteolytic enzymes

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Pemphigus Foliaceus

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Type II hypersensitivity, autoantibodies against desmocollin 1, pustules, erosions, and crusting on face, ears, and paw pads, subcorneal pustule

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Pemphigus vulgaris

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Suprabasal vesicles and bullae progress to erosions and ulcers in oral cavity, mucocutaneous junction, and sin, caused by autoantibodies against desmoglein-3

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Impetigo

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Puppy pyoderma, cutaneous abrasions or immunosuppresion allows S. pseudintermedius to invase, pustules on ventral abdomen and perineum

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Porcine exudative epidermitis

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Greasy pig disease, S. hyicus produces exotoxins that cause intra-epidermal cleavage and pustules and crusting

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Dermatophilosis

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Rain rot, Dermatophilus congolensis causes thick yellow-brown keratinized crust with skin trauma and prolonged moisture in livestock

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Subepidermal Vesicular Dermatitis

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Subepidermal blistering disease, poor prognosis and difficult to treat

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Subepidermal Blistering Disease Causes

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Congenital defect in structural proteins, autoantibody targeting antigens of basement membrane

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Congenital epidermolysis bullosa

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Congenital defect in structural proteins of basement membrane and cytoskeleton of basal keratinocytes

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Congenital epidermolysis bullosa signs

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Vesicles, erosion, ulcer, sloughing of skin, nail, or hooves on skin, oral cavity, extremities, and paw pad

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Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

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Ulcers in oral cavity, nasal, periocular, and genital regions in german shepherds

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Perifolliculitis

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Inflammation around hair follicle

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Luminal folliculitis

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Inflammation of lumen of hair follicle

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Mural folliculitis

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Inflammation within the wall of the outer root sheath

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urunculosis

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Follicle rupture with inflammation

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Folliculitis Gross Appearance

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Small papules at inflamed follicles, alopecia

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Causes of folliculitis

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S. pseudintermedius, Dermatophyte, Demodex

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Superficial Pyoderma

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Bacterial infection in upper layers of skin and follicle, common in dogs, usually secondary to another condition, S. pseudintermedius, papules, pustules, and epidermal collarettes

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Intertrigo

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Dermatitis in areas of skin folding due to surface bacteria overgrowth

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Deep Pyoderma

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Infection of deep dermis and subcutis in german shepherds due to S. pseudintermedius; erythema, ulcers, crusts, bullae, and draining tracts

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Post-Grooming Furunculosis

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Pseudomonas aerginosa causes acute deep pyoderma after contaminated grooming products or water

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Dermatophytosis

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Ringworm, young animals and persian and himalayans predisposed, arthrospores in hair follicle cause circular patches of scaling, alopecia, and folliculitis

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Dermatophytosis Diagnosis

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Hair pluck shows abnormal hair, toothbrush technique, culture on dermatophyte test medium, PCR

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Demodectic Mange

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Demodex lives in deep hair follicles and causes alopecia, crusting, scaling, and pruritus due to immunosuppression

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Feline Herpesvirus Dermatitis

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Felid herpesvirus-1 causes erosions, ulcers, and crusts on face, nasal planum, and limbs with rhinitis and conjunctivitis

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Feline Herpesvirus Dermatitis Histology

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Epithelial necrosis, intranuclear viral inclusion bodies, homogenous lost nuclei

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Contagious Ecthyma

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Orf, sheep and goat parapoxvirus, vesicles, pustules, ulcers, and crusts on lips, muzzle, face, and oral cavity, usually regresses on its own

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Irritant Contact Dermatitis

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Inflammatory reaction due to contact with an irritating agent, not allergic, edema, erythema, and papules progress to scales and lichenification

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Thermal Burn

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Various causes, clinical signs vary based on depth

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Type 1 Photosensitization Dermatitis

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Primary, due to ingestion of exogenous agents

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Type 2 Photosensitization Dermatitis

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Endogenous, congenital erythropoietic porphyria, disturbance in porphyrin pigment metabolism

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Type 3 Photosensitization Dermatitis

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Hepatogenous, plant toxins and mycotoxins

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Hepatogenous Photosensitization

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Impaired capacity of liver to excrete porphyrins leads to increase in blood levels and dermatitis in sun exposed areas

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Nodular/Diffuse Dermatitis

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Infectious or non infectious, neutrophilic infiltrates if bacterial, eosinophilic infiltrates if parasitic, histiocytic infiltrates if chronic granulomatous

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Nodular Dermatitis Diagnostics

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Sterile tissue culture

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Canine Leproid Granuloma

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Mycobacteria causes firm, nonpainful nodules in short coated breeds, acid fast positive bacteria

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Deep Fungal Infection

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Cutaneous lesions secondary to systemic infection due to ingestion or inhalation of contaminated soil

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Pythiosis

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Aquatic dimorphic water mold causes GI disease in dogs and ulcerative lesions with fistulous tracts in horses called kunkers

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Leishmaniasis

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Intracellular protozoa spread by sandfly bites causes alopecia, ulcers, nodules, and exfoliative dermatitis

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Onchiogryphossi

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Hypertrophy and increased curvature of the claws

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Habronemiasis

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Summer sores, nematode transmitted by flies causes granulomatous and eosinophilic dermatitis in horses

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Sterile Granulomatous Dermatitis and Lymphadenitis

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Facial swelling, papules, and pustules in periocular skin, muzzle, and pinnae of young dogs in response to immunosuppressive drugs, also causes lymphadenomegaly

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Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex

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Cat allergy manifests as eosinophilic plaque, indolent ulcer, and eosinophilic granuloma

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Panniculitis

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Inflammation of the subcutis, rule out infectious disease, idiopathic more common in dogs: sterile nodular panniculitis

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Panniculitis Diagnostics

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Sterile tissue culture

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Sterile Nodular Panniculitis

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Idiopathic pyogranulomatous dermatitis and panniculitis as ulcerated nodules with draining tracts in dachshund trunks

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Atrophic Dermatoses

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Noninflammatory alopecia, follicular atrophy, sebaceous atrophy, and epidermal and dermal atrophy due to endocrine dermatopathy, ischemia, and feline acquired skin fragility

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Endocrine Dermatoses

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Bilateral symmetrical alopecia, hyperpigmentation, epidermal thinning, rough, dry, and dull coat with minimal inflammation

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Conditions of Endocrine Dermatoses

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Hypothyroidism, Hyperadrenocorticism, Hyperestrogenism, Hyposomatotropism, Hypersomatotropism, Alopecia X

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Hypothyroidism

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Primary thyroid dysfunction causing bilaterally symmetrical alopecia, thickened and droopy facial skin, and rat tail

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Hyperadrenocorticism

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Pituitary dependent, Adrenal dependent, or Iatrogenic causes bilateral symmetrical alopecia of trunk, pendulous abdomen, hyperpigmentation, visible veins, comedones, and calcinosis cutis

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Alopecia X

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Bilateral symmetrical alopecia on trunk, thighs, neck, perineum, and tail in plush coated breeds

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Hyperestrogenism

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Bilaterally symmetrical alopecia and hyperpigmentation with gynecomastia

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Cutaneous vasculitis

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Inflammation targeting the walls of venules or arterioles appears as edema, erythematous macules, petechiae, and ecchymoses and ulceration of distal extremities

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Diamond Skin Disease

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Swine erysipelas causes septicemia, bacterial embolization to kin, vasculitis, thrombosis, ischemia, and infarction showing multifocal skin lesions

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Mass Diagnosis

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FNA for cytology; cell adhesion for epithelial cells, no clusters for round cells, spindles for mesenchymal cells

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Tumor Like Lesions

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Cutaneous tags, follicular cysts, and cutaneous horns

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Papilloma of Dogs

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Oral papilloma, cutaneous papilloma, pigmented viral plaque, squamous cell carcinoma

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Papillomavirus in Cattle

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BPV 1-3 in young cattle causes cauliflower masses on head, neck, shoulders, teats, and penis

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Common malignant neoplasm of cats due to UV light or papillomavirus on lightly pigmented skin

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Equine Sarcoid

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Most common skin neoplasm of equids caused by BPV, locally aggressive but non metastatic originating from fibroblasts

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Injection site Sarcoma

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Locally aggressive fibrosarcoma due to vaccine, trauma, and foreign material

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Hemangioma

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Red pigmented nodule, may be hemangiosarcoma

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Round Cell Neoplasias

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Lymphoma, transmissible venereal tumor, mast cell tumor, plasma cell tumor, or histiocytoma

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Histiocytoma

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Neoplasia of langerhans cells causes dome shaped lesion in young dogs that undergoes spontaneous regression

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Mast Cell Tumor

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Most common skin tumor in dogs, alopecic, erythematous, and edematous on trunk, extremities, and head

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Canine Cutaneous Epitheliotropic Lymphoma

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Generalized scaling, ulcers, and nodules at mucocutaneous junctions due to T cells infiltrating

Systemic Pathology (12 decks)

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