title: Generalized elastophagocytic granuloma.
abstract: The case of an eighty-three-year-old woman with the sudden onset of a generalized pruritic eruption is reported. The skin lesions resembled disseminated subacute lupus erythematosus on clinical examination, but actinic granuloma or annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma was seen in biopsy specimens of the lesions. Our case was differentiated from generalized granuloma annulare by the distinct zoning of elastolysis and the distribution of giant cells.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rudo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016460:Granuloma Annulare / Q000175:diagnosis; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology