https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/13076/pemphigus-foliceus We had an interesting case this week of a 9 year old patterdale terrier in for skin scrapes and biopsies following a non pruritic generalised skin problem. We thought it could be mange originally as the dog is always poking its head down fox holes anden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/76135?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:39:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9c82b8b6-7e73-443d-a8d7-2bf2134425a8Alex Allen<p>Off the top of my head Paul Coward and Sarah Warren are both relatively local to you and take derm referrals if it comes to that. Give them a call and I&#39;m sure they would give you some pointers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/76070?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:14:02 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:dfa2f04b-2d95-4489-97ff-206c2f0abee1Rob Loxley<p>[quote user=&quot;scatty&quot;]Finn were also very non commital when I rang them up but it was worth a try! I am still trying to track down a helpful dermatologist![/quote]</p> <p>Who did you speak to at finn; David Shearer does most of their dermatohisto and has been helpful on the occasions when I&#39;ve spoken to him.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/74831?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:37:24 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:548319bd-fd22-4562-92f2-67b3a15002a8scatty<p>Thanks everyone for your responses - I know what you mean Ian about it being a therapeutic gamble! Finn were also very non commital when I rang them up but it was worth a try! I am still trying to track down a helpful dermatologist!<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Ashamed_smiley.png" alt="Embarrassed" /> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/74530?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:07:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5e858c4b-aa3d-4f1d-bd29-d928fb1b18feIan Mostyn<p>My case of pemphigus foliaceus was a few years ago but we went on the clinical signs as the pathologist - also Finn&#39;s - was non-committal. I tried a combination of prednisolone and azathioprine which worked well, almost all her hair regrew, the redness and skin lesions settled down. We lost her almost 3 years later to lymphoma which was probably related. It was a therapeutic gamble at the start though.</p> <p>Ian</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/74501?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:43:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:068843f3-05ab-465c-865c-49fac218852aThomas Johnson<p>I generally find Finn very helpful when I phone to discuss cases, and when I had a case where the histopath results didn&#39;t match what I was seeing on the animal the pathologist immediately offered to pass it to the other pathologists for them to review.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/74469?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:02:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:15d12ace-71cc-42ce-8234-5f980f5e481eMalcolm Ness<p>If I were you I would talk first to the pathologist. You should get some sensible support/advice there and if you don&#39;t I would suggest asking that the biopsy be sent to Abbey for a second opinion - the folk at Abbey have a special interest and expertise in derm pathology and are always very helpful and clinically relevant.</p> <p>I write not as a surgeon but as the husband of a dermatologist!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>