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Perforating Granuloma Annulare
Author(s) -
Shimizu Hiroshi,
Harada Takashi,
Baba Emi,
Kuramochi Masao
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1985.tb05577.x
Subject(s) - granuloma annulare , medicine , dermatology
With more than 3 years' follow‐up, dramatic clinical transfiguration of granuloma annulare was observed in a 59‐year‐old man with perforating granuloma annulare. The eruption was at first localized, then became generalized, developed perforations, and subsided in parallel with the improvement of associated diabetes mellitus. After reviewing 23 cases of perforating granuloma annulare from the literature, the authors divided the eruptions into two types according to their clinical features, naming one type papular perforating type (P‐type) and the other ulcerative perforating type (U‐type). U‐type is strongly correlated with diabetes; patients with this type require detailed laboratory examination (or the presence of diabetes mellitus.