Fig. 8

Clinical characteristics of canine pemphigus vegetans. a: erosive and desquamative stomatitis with sloughing of the gingival epithelium (arrowhead); b: erosive and ulcerative dermatitis affecting the palate; c: erosive and ulcerative proctitis with perilesional hyperpigmentation; d: coalescing, hyperpigmented, scaly and crusted papules on the concave pinna; e: wart-like scaly papules on the sternum – a-to-e were taken from the same greater Swiss mountain dog (courtesy of Luc Beco; case reported in reference [96])