Granuloma anulare (overview) Images
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Granuloma anulare, classic type . borderline, in the centre skin-coloured, smooth, painless, firm papules and plaques with the formation of an indicated ring shape without scaling over the middle joint of the left middle finger.


Granuloma anulare subcutaneous type Multiple, painless, deep cutaneous, skin-coloured nodules on the sides of the fingers (Granuloma anulare subcutaneum).

Granuloma anulare disseminated type: Centripedally growing, painless, moderately sharply defined, edge-emphasized, red (red-brown), symptom-free plaques that have been present for years; no diabetes mellitus detectable.



Granuloma anulare giganteum: Centripedally growing, painless, sharply defined, edge-emphasized, red red-brown plaque that has been present for years. Circinal outline

Granuloma anular, disseminated type: densely aggregated small papular form, grouping into anular formations.

Granuloma anulare disseminatum: generalized, large, brown, barely raised plaques with anular formations (see arms). no itching or other symptoms. no known systemic abnormality detectable.

Granuloma anulare perforans: Presence of a disseminated granuloma anulare with multiple shiny papules, some of which show central ulceration (see inlet).


Granuloma anulare: 2 distinct eosinophilic zones with necrobiotic collagen and surrounding palisade granuloma. The surface epithelium is intact. In the lower third of the biopsy intact eccrine sweat glands.
