Diseases

Granuloma Annulare

Benign granulomatous disease of unknown etiology characterized by a ring of localized or disseminated papules or nodules on the skin and palisading histiocytes surrounding necrobiotic tissue resulting from altered collagen structures.

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Abstract

Benign granulomatous disease of unknown etiology characterized by a ring of localized or disseminated papules or nodules on the skin and palisading histiocytes surrounding necrobiotic tissue resulting from altered collagen structures.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

non-neoplastic; of the skin, so do not coord with SKIN DISEASES; coord IM with specific site or precoord site heading if pertinent (IM)

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Granuloma (1966-1991)
  • Skin Diseases (1966-1991)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C17.300w.200w.495.380w
  2. C17.800w.550.380w
  3. C23.550.382w.375w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Granuloma Annulare. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016460. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016460
  2. Granuloma Annulare. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granuloma_annulare
  3. Granuloma Annulare. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455085