Ann Dermatol.  2002 Dec;14(4):226-229. 10.5021/ad.2002.14.4.226.

Two Cases of Generalized Granuloma Annulare in Early Childhood

• Lee JH
• Kim YC
• Kim DK

• KMID: 2158757
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2002.14.4.226

Abstract

Generalized granuloma annulare is a rare skin disease presenting generalized eruption with a distinctive histologic picture. The age of onset of generalized granuloma annulare differs from that of localized granuloma annulare. Most of the patients with generalized granuloma annulare were in the fifth to seventh decades and cases of generalized granuloma annulare in infancy or in early childhood have been rarely reported. We herein report two cases of generalized granuloma annulare in 45- and 18-month-old boys, who is the youngest patient yet reported in the Korean literature. The histopathologic findings were compatible with granuloma annulare and all lesions completely involuted in two months after administration of topical or systemic corticosteroids.

Keyword

Early childhood; Generalized granuloma annulare

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Age of Onset
Granuloma Annulare*
Granuloma*
Humans
Infant
Skin Diseases
Adrenal Cortex Hormones