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Fig. 7

From: Autoimmune diseases affecting skin melanocytes in dogs, cats and horses: vitiligo and the uveodermatological syndrome: a comprehensive review

Fig. 7

Histopathology of canine uveodermatological syndrome. Skin biopsy from the face of a dog. a just below a partially depigmented epidermis, a band-like (lichenoid) dermal infiltrate is dominated by macrophages and lymphocytes with fewer plasma cells and neutrophils. Hematoxylin and eosin. 200X. b inset from image (a) above: lymphocytes (arrow heads) infiltrate the deep epidermis in low numbers and occasionally appear to surround melanocytes (i.e., “satellitosis”). Melanosomes are spilled into the dermis, where they appear as a fine granular, dust-like, appearance in macrophages (arrows). Hematoxylin and eosin. 400X

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