Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Veterinary Medicine, Vol 66, No 2 (2009)

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Metabolic Epidermal Necrosis in Dog: a Case Report

Viorica MIRCEAN, Mircea MIRCEAN, Cornel CĂTOI, Adriana TITILINCU

Abstract


Metabolic epidermal necrosis (MEN) was diagnosed in an unspayed nine-year-old male Poodle, associated with interface hepatitis and with active chronic pancreatitis. Also, a tumour formation was noticed at the cranial pole of the right kidney, both in ultrasound and in laparotomy examination. The histopathology did not establish the type of tumour, due to a human error. It is the first case of MEN in dogs recorded in Romania.

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