title: Infiltrative lymphocytic mural folliculitis: a histopathological reaction pattern in skin-biopsy specimens from cats with allergic skin disease.
abstract: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of infiltrative lymphocytic mural folliculitis (ILMF) in skin-biopsy specimens from 354 cats with various inflammatory dermatoses and from 33 cats with normal skin. Although ILMF was present in 33/47 dermatoses evaluated, the prevalence of ILMF in allergic dermatoses (116/172 cats; 67%) was significantly greater than that in non-allergic dermatoses (61/182 cats; 33%). Cats with allergic dermatoses had a 4.1 times greater odds of having ILMF than cats with non-allergic dermatoses. ILMF was not observed in any of the normal skin specimens.
authors: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors: Andrew S
authors: AS
authors: Rosenberg
authors: Danny W
authors: DW
authors: Scott
authors: Hollis N
authors: HN
authors: Erb
authors: Sean P
authors: SP
authors: McDonough
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology