Small Animal Dermatology, 3rd edition
chapter 11 Atopic Disease....................................... DEFINITION/OVERVIEW Atopic disease is a predisposition to dev ...
174 DISEASES/DISORDERS Decreases in epidermal ceramides and sphingosine-1-phosphate causing increased transepidermal water loss ...
CHAPTER 11 ATOPIC DISEASE 175 Additional research has demonstrated increased expression of Th 1 and Tregcytokines in chronic d ...
176 DISEASES/DISORDERS Feline: mean age of onset 1–5 years of age. Reports of sex predilection inconsistent. Historical Find ...
CHAPTER 11 ATOPIC DISEASE 177 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Cutaneous adverse reactions to food: may cause identical lesion distribut ...
178 DISEASES/DISORDERS Allergy testing: Neither serum nor intradermal allergy testing can discriminate between normal and all ...
CHAPTER 11 ATOPIC DISEASE 179 Dermatohistopathologic changes include superficial perivascular dermatitis with lymphocytes, eos ...
180 DISEASES/DISORDERS Administration of gradually increasing doses of the allergens identified by test- ing (serum and/or int ...
CHAPTER 11 ATOPIC DISEASE 181 Cats: cyclosporine blood level should be measured when on maintenance dosage to prevent immunosu ...
182 DISEASES/DISORDERS COMMENTS AD is a chronic, progressive, often relapsing and lifelong disease; it can be a frustrating di ...
CHAPTER 11 ATOPIC DISEASE 183 Fig. 11.2.Erythema, alopecia, and excoriations affecting the muzzle, face, and periocular areas o ...
184 DISEASES/DISORDERS Fig. 11.4.Erythroderma with lichenification between the digital pads and between the metacarpal and acce ...
CHAPTER 11 ATOPIC DISEASE 185 Fig. 11.6.Overgrooming/self-induced alopecia in a DSH with AD. Note the well-demarcated area of a ...
186 DISEASES/DISORDERS Fig. 11.8.Marked erythema, alopecia, and excoriation of the face in a DSH with AD. Fig. 11.9.Eosinophil ...
chapter 12 Autoimmune Blistering Diseases........................... DEFINITION/OVERVIEW Pemphigus Complex Uncommon to rare au ...
188 DISEASES/DISORDERS Components of desmosomes and hemidesmosomes may be targets of autoim- munity, and include: Plakins (e.g ...
CHAPTER 12 AUTOIMMUNE BLISTERING DISEASES 189 Pemphigoid Complex Heterogenous group of autoantibodies targeting various baseme ...
190 DISEASES/DISORDERS Pemphigoid Complex Very rare. Collie, Shetland sheepdog, doberman pinscher and dachshund may be predi ...
CHAPTER 12 AUTOIMMUNE BLISTERING DISEASES 191 Vesicles and bullae may persist longer due to thickness of the overlying epidermi ...
192 DISEASES/DISORDERS Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita Erythematous plaques and vesicles leading to ulcerations (Figure 12.20a ...
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