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Staining abnormalities of dermal collagen in cats with cutaneous asthenia or acquired skin fragility as demonstrated with Masson's trichrome stain
Author(s) -
FERNANDEZ CHARLENE J.,
SCOTT DANNY W.,
ERB HOLLIS N.,
MINOR RONALD R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
veterinary dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1365-3164
pISSN - 0959-4493
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3164.1998.00074.x
Subject(s) - cats , masson's trichrome stain , medicine , trichrome stain , trichrome , staining , pathology , stain , dermatology , h&e stain , immunohistochemistry
This retrospective study compared the Masson's trichrome staining properties of collagen in the skin of normal cats and cats with cutaneous asthenia or acquired skin fragility. A Masson's trichrome staining abnormality was seen in all ( n = 8) cats with cutaneous asthenia, three of four cats with acquired skin fragility, and none ( n = 10) of the normal cats. A grading system developed to classify the intensity and distribution of abnormally stained collagen fibres indicated that cats with cutaneous asthenia had higher scores ( P < 0.001) than normal cats. Cats with acquired skin fragility had intermediate scores that were not significantly different from either of the other two groups.