Dermatology, Session 3

Complicated and unusual cases of pruritus in dogs and cats. – Dr. Manolis Saridomichelakis

From time to time, we examine dogs and cats with pruritic skin diseases where the primary cause is not easy to identify. They may represent unusual clinical presentations of common skin diseases, less common diseases or the cumulative effect of multiple concurrent pruritic diseases. In these cases, diagnostic tests and therapeutic trials should be prioritized in a logical way, and, if the most likely diagnosis is not a familiar one, a search of peer-reviewed literature may be the key for solving the problem.

Learning outcomes:
How to prioritize the diagnostic tests and therapeutic trials in dogs and cats with pruritic skin diseases of seemingly unknown etiology.