title: Papular elastolytic giant cell granuloma: a clinical variant of annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma or generalized granuloma annulare?
abstract: A 71-year-old man with asymptomatic red papules on the trunk and upper arms was reported as a case of papular elastolytic giant cell granuloma. A skin biopsy specimen from a papule on the back showed similar findings to those of annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma. However, centrifugal annular lesions were not clinically observed. He was successfully treated with tranilast and topical steroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. morita@mfour.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyachi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D016460:Granuloma Annulare / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000473:pathology*