Sterile panniculitis in dogs and cats – diagnosis and management

This article aims at the presentation of infrequently described syndrome of dermatological condition in dogs and cats. Sterile panniculitis is inflammatory process involving subcutaneous fat tissue. This syndrome is characterized by pyogranulomatous nodules, plaques, and ulcers of variable extent and severity. However no autoantigen or the exogenous inflammatory agent has been identified, it is considered to be caused by infectious agents, trauma, ischemia or subcutaneous administration of drugs. Clinical examination of lesion recognised in area of previous injection. supported by cytology is usually sufficient to diagnosis. Differential diagnoses include bacterial and fungal nodular dermatoses, neoplasia, and cutaneous reactive histiocytosis. Diagnosis is achieved via diagnostic exclusion of infectious causes and supportive histopathology findings