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Autoimmune and immune-mediated skin disease

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Abstract

This chapter covers the differential diagnosis and treatment for autoimmune and immune-mediated skin diseases, as well as the clinical approach to them.

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28.1 (a) Symmetrical crusting on the haired skin and nasal planum of a dog with pemphigus foliaceus. (b) Multifocal crusts on the convex pinna of a dog with drug-induced pemphigus foliaceus. (Courtesy of P Forsythe)
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28.2 Cytology of an intact pustule from a case of pemphigus foliaceus. Note the non-degenerate neutrophils and free-floating acantholytic keratinocytes. (Diff-Quik® stain; original magnification X1000)
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28.3 Histology of pemphigus foliaceus. Note the intact subcorneal pustule. (H&E stain; original magnification X400)
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28.4 Mucous membrane pemphigoid. Note the ulceration, crusting, cicatricial alopecia and loss of pigment.
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28.5 Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita in a young Great Dane. Note the sloughing of the footpads.
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28.6 Vesicular cutaneous lupus erythematosus in a Rough Collie. Note the polycyclic, serpigenous ulcerations on the ventral abdomen. (Reproduced from with permission from the publishers)
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28.8 (a, b) Ischaemic damage to the extremities (ear tips, nose and loss of tail) of a cat with idiopathic vasculitis.
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28.9 Vascular infarct of the convex pinna caused by post-vaccination ischaemia.
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28.10 Petechiae on the lateral flank associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever ().
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28.11 Diascopy: with extravasation the lesions fail to blanche with pressure.
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28.12 Nasal arteritis in a St. Bernard. Note the ulceration confined to the nasal philtrum.
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28.13 Multifocal erosions associated with erythema multiforme.
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28.14 Juvenile cellulitis in a 4-month-old Dachshund. (a) Crusting and draining tracts around the nose. (b) Swelling and serosanguineous exudate around the muzzle. Note the swelling around the neck due to lymphadenitis.
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