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Interstitial type granuloma annulare associated with Sjögren’s syndrome
Author(s) -
SUMIKAWA Yasuyuki,
ANSAI Shinichi,
KIMURA Tetsunori,
NAKAMURA Junnosuke,
INUI Shigeki,
KATAYAMA Ichiro
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00865.x
Subject(s) - granuloma annulare , medicine , sjögren syndrome , dermatology , granuloma , histopathological examination , pathology , autoimmune disease , disease
We describe a case of granuloma annulare (GA) associated with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) in a 69‐year‐old woman. She complained of erythematous plaques on the left forearm and neck in addition to dry eyes and mouth. The laboratory and clinical findings also fulfilled the criteria for diagnosis of SS. Histopathological examination revealed the features of interstitial type GA. It is not rare that granulomatous diseases are associated with autoimmune diseases. This case indicated that granulomatous diseases and SS are closely related and that GA should be recognized as a cutaneous manifestation associated with autoimmune diseases, including SS.