CUTANEOUS ASTHENIA IN CAT (CASE REPORT)

Authors

  • Silvia Franco Andrade Professora doutora do Departamento de Clínica Médica de Pequenos Animais do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brasil.
  • Raimundo Alberto Tostes rofessor doutor do Departamento de Anatomia Patológica da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária do Centro Universitário de Maringá
  • Osimar Sanches Professor mestre do Departamento de Anatomia Patológica do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da UNOESTE
  • Alessandra Melchert Professora doutora do Departamento de Clínica Médica de Pequenos Animais do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da UNOESTE
  • Rosa Maria Barilli Nogueira Professora doutora do Departamento de Clínica Médica de Pequenos Animais do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE)
  • Siha Fernandes Valente Pós-graduanda da Faculdade de Medicina, UNESP–Botucatu, SP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v9i2.4248

Keywords:

Sanidade animal

Abstract

Cutaneous asthenia is characterized by alterations in the synthesis of collagen or in the formation of fibers that results in loss of elasticity and fragility of the skin. It was attended in HV of UNOESTE, a crossbred male cat, 1 year, no vaccinated and dewormed, with free access to the street and with apathy and anorexia, presenting hyperextensible and cutaneous fragility of the head’s area and of the right flank, with skin disruption and visualization of the subcutaneous without bleeding. Any touch or manipulation of the animal the skin detachment increased. Skin samples were collect for biopsy and the histological examination demonstrated atrophy epidermo-dermal with depletion of annex and discreet areas of hemorrhages in the places of cutaneous laceration. To the Masson’s trichrome it was noticed disorganization of the fibers of collagen. In the electron microscopic intense variation of diameter of the fibers of collagen was observed. With base on the physical and histopathological findings it was confirmed the suspicion of cutaneous asthenia, pathology that doesn’t have specific treatment, only management measures to minimize possible traumas or lacerations, as padded ambient and restriction to the exit for street, besides treatment of the lesions and of the detachment of the skin.

KEY WORDS: Cat, cutaneous asthenia, syndrome of the cutaneous fragility.

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Published

2008-07-09

How to Cite

ANDRADE, S. F.; TOSTES, R. A.; SANCHES, O.; MELCHERT, A.; NOGUEIRA, R. M. B.; VALENTE, S. F. CUTANEOUS ASTHENIA IN CAT (CASE REPORT). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 2, p. 524–528, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v9i2.4248. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4248. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Case report

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