Generalized elastophagocytic granuloma

Cutis. 1992 May;49(5):355-7.

Abstract

The case of an eighty-three-year-old woman with the sudden onset of a generalized pruritic eruption is reported. The skin lesions resembled disseminated subacute lupus erythematosus on clinical examination, but actinic granuloma or annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma was seen in biopsy specimens of the lesions. Our case was differentiated from generalized granuloma annulare by the distinct zoning of elastolysis and the distribution of giant cells.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Elastic Tissue / pathology
  • Female
  • Granuloma Annulare / diagnosis
  • Granuloma, Giant Cell / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma, Giant Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology