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acral /ac·ral/ (ak´ral) pertaining to or affecting a limb or other extremity.
acral affecting the extremities. acral lick dermatitis a skin disorder in dogs caused by their licking of a localized area of skin, usually on the lower limbs and particularly over the carpus or metatarsal region. The initiating cause is believed to be psychological but the area quickly becomes traumatized, often secondarily infected, and apparently pruritic which serves to intensify the licking and worsening of the lesion. Called also neurodermatitis, acral pruritic nodule, acropruritic nodule or granuloma, acral lick granuloma. acral mutilation syndrome see hereditary sensory neuropathy. acral pruritic nodule |
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Dogs suffering
from canine acral lick dermatitis (ALD) constantly lick, scratch, or
bite their paws or flanks, creating sores and sometimes requiring
surgery or steroid injections. This event was published, "Regression of an acral lentigious
melanoma with an immunotherapy using a Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis-extracted polysaccharide complex (Tubercin(R)) by Tai Ho
Chung, Jae Bok Jun, Jae Won Jang and Hai Lee Chung, International
Journal of Dermatology, dated January 1st, 2002, Volume 41, London U. The article is entitled, `Regression of an acral lentiginous
melanoma with an immunotherapy using a Mycobacterium
tuberculosis-extracted polysaccharide complex (Tubercin). |
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