title: [Extrafacial granuloma eosinophilicum].
abstract: Three patients with a rare extrafacial granuloma eosinophilicum are presented. Lesions were localized on the scalp, the upper back or the upper arm. Only one patient had a typical facial granuloma eosinophilicum at the same time. Diagnosis was established by histopathology. The histopathological findings vary with the age of the lesion. Early lesions are characterized by a vasculitis with many eosinophils separated by a Grenz zone from epidermis and follicular structures. With time the inflammation changes and hyalin fibrosis takes place.
authors.affiliation: Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, 88048, Friedrichshafen. ruetten@w-4.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rütten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hantschke
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Voll
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kingreen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schaller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology