Pittsburgh Veterinary Dermatology is proud to offer the following dermatological procedures:

• Intradermal skin testing and Serologic IgE-specific allergy assay
• Hyposensitization vaccine design
• Dermatohistopathology slide reviews (referred to lab)
• Skin biopsy
• In-house cytology (impression smears and fine needle aspirates)
• DTM culture, Woods lamp examinations and trichographic exams
• Ear cleaning and management consulting
• Video Otoscopy
• CO2 Laser
• CT of middle ear - offered in partnership with PetsDx
• Skin scrapings and mite identifications
• Clinical pathology testing

Typical cases referred to the dermatology department at Pittsburgh Veterinary Dermatology:

• Atopy/food hypersensitivity
• Chronic/recurrent pyoderma
• Pododermatitis
• Acral lick furunculosis
• Dermatophytosis
• Superficial and deep mycoses
• Viral/protozoal dermatitis
• Parasitic skin disease
• Demodicosis/sarcoptic mange
• Immune-mediated skin disease (pemphigus, SLE, etc.)
• Endocrine/metabolic skin disease
• Congenital/acquired alopecia
• Dermatomyositis
• Collagen disorders
• Perianal fistulas
• Behavioral dermatitis/psychogenic alopecia
• Pigmentary abnormalities
• Keratinization defects/seborrhea
• Cutaneous drug reactions
• Nutritional dermatitis
• Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex
• Sebaceous adenitis
• Panniculitis
• Claw disease
• Chronic otitis/pseudomonas otitis
• Neoplastic skin disease