Comparison of selected cytomorphological features of canine pemphigus foliaceus and superficial pyoderma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cytological detection of acantholytic keratinocytes (acantholytic cells [AC]) helps to identify canine pemphigus foliaceus (cPF) yet AC also occurs in superficial pyoderma (SP), the main differential diagnosis.

Hypothesis/objectives

To compare selected cytomorphological features of cPF and SP and to establish cytological diagnostic criteria that could differentiate cPF from SP.

Animals

40 and 51 client-owned dogs with PF and SP, respectively.

Materials and methods

Impression smears from cPF (64), impetigo (40) and exfoliative superficial pyoderma (ESP) (17) samples were stained with Romanowsky stain, randomised, blinded and evaluated by two investigators independently. The entire sample was screened (×500 or ×1000 magnification) for round (AC1), boat

SUBMITTER: Spriggs TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656668 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature