Annular elastolytic giant-cell granuloma

Annular elastolytic giant-cell granuloma
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Annular elastolytic giant-cell granuloma (also known as "Giant cell elastophagocytosis,"<ref name="Bolognia" /> "Meischer's granuloma,"<ref name="Andrews" /> "Miescher's granuloma of the face"<ref name="Bolognia">,

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 Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology, 
  
 Saunders Elsevier, 
 2006, 
  
  
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Treatment

Localized granuloma annulare has a tendency towards spontaneous resolution. Localized lesions have been treated with potent topical corticosteroids.<ref>,

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See also

• Actinic granuloma
• List of cutaneous conditions

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