Skin diseases
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Skin diseases encompasses a feline medical specialty within itself.
Skin conditions are one of the most common presentation in cats and account for up to 20% of causes of presentation to veterinary clinics worldwide[1].
- See also Morphological description of skin lesions
- Note: The term miliary dermatitis is a symptom of disease rather than a diagnosis and further investigation is required to ascertain an accurate diagnosis.
- Genetic skin diseases
- Congenital hypotrichosis
- Follicular dysplasia
- Hair dysplasia
- Pili torti
- Hereditary epidermolysis bullosa
- Cutaneous asthenia
- Urticaria pigmentosa
- Genetic abnormalities in melanin pigmentation
- Degenerative skin diseases
- Lentigo in old cats
- Psychologically-induced skin diseases
- Allergic/Immune-mediated skin diseases
- Skin fragility syndrome
- Atopy
- Eosinophilic granuloma complex
- Flea allergy dermatitis
- Food allergy dermatitis
- Idiopathic facial dermatitis in Persian cats
- Idiopathic lymphocytic mural folliculitis
- Idiopathic ulcerative dermatitis
- Pemphigus
- Plasma cell pododermatitis
- Plasma cell chondritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Cutaneous xanthoma
- Viral
- FHV dermatitis
- Pox virus infection
- Feline sarcoids - possible association with bovine fibropapilloma virus
- Bacterial
- Superficial pyoderma
- Deep pyoderma
- Acne
- Juvenile pustular dermatitis
- Miscellaneous bacterial infections
- Fungal skin diseases
- Fungal infections
- Dermatophytic pseudo-mycetome of Persian cats
- Deep fungal opportunist infections
- Paronychia
- Parasitic skin diseases
- Flea allergy dermatitis
- Mites
- Neoplastic skin diseases
- Basal cell tumour
- Cutaneous horn - benign
- Ceruminous adenoma, :ceruminous carcinoma
- Calcinosis cutis, metastatic
- Cutaneous haemangiosarcoma
- Cutaneous xanthomatosis
- Epidermal cysts
- Feline bowenoid in situ carcinoma
- Fibromatose
- Fibropapilloma (sarcoids)
- Fibrosarcoma
- Follicular lymphoma
- Lymphocytosis
- Lymphosarcoma - cutaneous
- Lymphosarcoma - mycosis fungoides
- Lymphosarcoma - sezary syndrome
- Lymphosarcoma - pagetoid reticulosis
- Malignant fibrohistiocytoma
- Mammary adenocarcinoma - cutaneous metastasis
- Mast cell tumour
- Melanoma
- Pancreatic paraneoplastic alopecia
- Paraneoplastic exfoliative dermatitis
- Paraneoplastic pruritus
- Pulmonary adenocarcinoma - cutaneous metastasis
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Superficial necrolytic dermatitis
References
- ↑ Scott, DW, Miller, WH & Griffin, CE (2001) Bacterial skin diseases. In Muller, W (Ed): Muller and Kirk's Small animal dermatology. 6th Edn. WB Saunders, Philadelphia. pp:274-335
