Putative paraneoplastic alopecia in a cat with apocrine adenocarcinoma

November 2024 in “ Veterinary Dermatology ”

Camila Gottlieb Lupion, Maiara Scapini Bazotti, Igor Ribeiro dos Santos, Saulo Petinatti Pavarini, Anelise Bonilla Trindade‐Gerardi, Daniel Guimarães Gerardi

paraneoplastic alopecia apocrine adenocarcinoma telogenisation miniaturisation of hair follicles hair follicles alopecia neoplasm hair loss shiny skin

TLDR The cat's hair loss was linked to a type of cancer.

A 13-year-old female cat exhibited paraneoplastic alopecia, characterized by ventrally distributed hair loss and shiny skin, associated with an apocrine adenocarcinoma. Necropsy findings showed telogenisation and miniaturisation of hair follicles, supporting the diagnosis of paraneoplastic alopecia linked to the intraabdominal neoplasm.

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