My dog has lupus symptoms. Will a skin biopsy confirm the diagnosis?

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will a skin punch biopsy on my dog definitively rule out or confirm lupus? Pet's info: Dog | Basset Hound | Female | spayed | 8 years and 5 months old | 46 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

The likelihood of being able to diagnose a disease such as lupus with a skin (punch) biopsy of a skin lesion is very high. Here is a research paper, that gives you an idea of diagnostics used to diagnose Lupus in dogs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5907183/

My dog has lupus symptoms. Will a skin biopsy confirm the diagnosis?

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