Intracellular elastin in generalized granuloma annulare.
This report reviews thirteen cases of generalized granuloma annulare. The light and electron microscopic appearance of intracellular elastin particles in eleven of these cases is described. These bodies were also noted in deep granuloma annulare, elastosis perforans serpiginosa, and a small percentage of localized granuloma annulare. They were not found in necrobiosis lipoidica.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
D004549:Elastin