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
- – Long hair
- – Rex coat
- – Congenital hypotrichosis
- – Follicular dysplasia
- – Hair dysplasia
- – Pili torti
- – Hereditary epidermolysis bullosa
- – Hereditary greasy seborrhoea
- – Cutaneous asthenia
- – Urticaria pigmentosa
- Genetic abnormalities in melanin pigmentation
- – Vitiligo
- – Waardenburg syndrome
- – Piebaldism
- – Oculocutaneous albinism
- – Chediak-Higashi syndrome
- – Lentigines
- Degenerative skin diseases
- – Lentigo in old cats
- Psychologically-induced skin diseases
- – Psychogenic alopecia
- 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
- – Ringworm
- – Malassezia spp
- – Dermatophytic pseudo-mycetome of Persian cats
- – Deep fungal opportunist infections
- – Paronychia
- Parasites
- – Flea allergy dermatitis
- – Mites
- – Cheyletiella spp
- – Demodex spp
- – Notoedres spp
- – Otodectes spp
- – Trombiculosis
- – Sarcoptes spp
- – Nematodes
- – Rhabditis strongyloides, Strongyloides spp, Ancylostoma spp, Anatrichosoma spp, Lagochilascaris spp
- 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