title: [Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma with a spontaneous healing tendency].
abstract: Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma is mostly found in middle aged women in skin areas exposed to sunlight. Our 17-year-old female patient had a widespread reddish-brown lesion on the abdomen that met the histological criteria for annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma. However, the clinical findings and the localization were uncommon. UV light was excluded as a trigger. Other, still unknown, factors that might change antigenicity of elastic fibres must be considered. Spontaneous resolution suggests a transient influence of such factors. Differential diagnosis includes skin disorders with elastolysis; discrimination especially from mid-dermal elastolysis is not well defined.
authors.affiliation: Hautklinik, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität, Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hermes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Czarnetzki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D016460:Granuloma Annulare / Q000473:pathology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Anuläres elastolytisches Riesenzellgranulom mit Spontanheilungstendenz.