Pênfigo foliáceo em cão: relato de caso

Abstract

This report describes a case of pemphigus foliaceus in a female canine, mixed breed (SRD), seven years old, attended by the Small Animal Medical Clinic of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia (HV-UFU). The animal initially presented several ulcerated lesions in the ventral abdomen for 10 days, small, increasing and coalescing. Laboratory findings were non-regenerative normochromic normocytic anemia with occasional thrombocytosis. In the histopathological examination of the lesion, a thinned or absent stratum corneum was observed, atrophic epidermis with subcorneal bullous formation filled with keratin and red blood cells, in addition to vacuolation of the basal layer in addition to the presence of acantholytic cells. The diagnosis of pemphigus foliaceus was confirmed. The animal was treated with an immunosuppressive dose of Prednisolone, and responded satisfactorily to therapy, with complete regression of the lesions.