[Annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma with a spontaneous healing tendency].
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.
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Hautklinik, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität, Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin.
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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
Anuläres elastolytisches Riesenzellgranulom mit Spontanheilungstendenz.