title: [Reticular elastolytic giant cell granuloma. A variant of the annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma].
abstract: The case report presented describes a new variant of annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma. Over a period of 10 years, a 40-year-old woman had developed reticular, brown to livid, partly atrophic skin lesions on the shoulders and decolletée. The patient had no subjective symptoms. Histology revealed a patchy lymphohistiocytic infiltrate in the dermis, with many giant cells. Elastic fibres were less frequently found in these infiltrates; in a few of the giant cells and macrophages fragments of elastic fibres were demonstrated within the cytoplasm. There were no deposits of mucin. For this new variant we propose the term "reticular elastolytic giant cell granuloma."
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Dermatologie und Venerologie, Universität, Ulm.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mielke
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schunter
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sterry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D016460:Granuloma Annulare / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012782:Shoulder; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013909:Thorax
vernacular_title: Retikuläres elastolytisches Riesenzellgranulom. Eine Variante des anulären elastolytischen Riesenzellgranuloms.