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Volume 13 (1):32-40, 2009. Editors: Extensively redacted 2017.

Unusual case of acanthomatous hyperkeratosis in a domestic short haired cat.

 

Akhtardanesh B1, Derakhshanfar A2, Ghanbarpour R3

 

1Department(s) of Clinical Sciences and 2,3Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran,

 
ABSTRACT

 

Akhtardanesh B, Derakhshanfar A, Ghanbarpour R, Unusual case of acanthomatous hyperkeratosis in a domestic short hair cat, On J Vet Res  13(1):32-40, 2009.  Clinical and pathological aspects of unusual acanthomatous hyperkeratosis skin lesions that resemble Infundibular Keratinizing Acanthoma (IKA) in a domestic short haired cat are described. Acute moist dermatitis in the perineal region, pododermatitis and hyperkeratosis of footpads among with pustule and crust formation in the marginal surface of pineal and nasal planum was noted upon examination. Based on clinical and pathological tests we find the diagnosis of Infundibular Keratinizing Acanthoma tumor as a predisposing factor for pododermatitis and nasal hyperkeratosis.
 
Key words: Cat, Infundibular Keratinizing Acanthoma.
 
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