Granuloma faciale: A clinicopathological study of 11 cases - 24/08/11
, Abelardo Moreno, MD b, Jordi Peyrı́, MD a
Reprint requests: Joaquim Marcoval, MD, Department of Dermatology, Hospital de Bellvitge, c/ Feixa Llarga s/n, Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08907 Barcelona, Spain.Barcelona, Spain
Abstract |
Background |
Granuloma faciale is an uncommon disease of unknown etiology that is often misdiagnosed clinically and by general pathologists.
Objective |
To describe the clinicopathological features of a series of patients with granuloma faciale.
Methods |
Eleven patients diagnosed with granuloma faciale between 1990 and 2002 were included in the study.
Results |
Granuloma faciale was diagnosed in 11 patients (9 male and 2 female, mean age 53.45 years). All of them presented facial cutaneous lesions and two of them also developed extrafacial lesions. Histologically, in 8 cases the infiltrate was limited to the upper half of the dermis. Two specimens showed fibrinoid necrosis. Concentric fibrosis around small blood vessels was demonstrated in 5 patients.
Conclusion |
The presence of abundant fibrosis in 5 of our patients similar to that observed in erythema elevatum diutinum suggests that granuloma faciale and erythema elevatum diutinum may be produced by similar or the same pathogenic mechanism.
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Vol 51 - N° 2
P. 269-273 - août 2004 Retour au numéro
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