Fig. 7

Clinical characteristics of canine mucocutaneous lupus erythematosus. a: anal erosions with peripheral hyperpigmentation in a German shepherd dog; (b): multifocal perigenital erosions with peripheral hyperpigmentation are often seen in female German shepherd bitches; (c): erosions on the lateral sides of the vulva in a German shepherd bitch (courtesy of Pablo Del Mestre, Mar Del Plata Argentina); (d): periocular erosions in a German shepherd – these lesions were bilateral (courtesy of Petra Bizikova, NC State University, Raleigh; (e): erosion abutting the lip in the same German shepherd dog as in (a); (f): same dog as in (b) – large perilabial erosion; this lesion was also symmetric