Granuloma annulare temporally associated with carcinoma of the breast

Stewart, Kathleen A.; Cooper, Philip H.; Greer, Kenneth E.; Kersh, C.R.

doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(89)70186-9

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“…Granuloma annulare occurs most commonly in children and young adults but can occur in all age groups 10 . However, all the reported cases with granuloma annulare associated with some solitary malignancies, and our case, were in older age groups 3,6,7 (Table 1). In addition, the other neoplasms may exist with granuloma annulare in older age groups 2,4,5,11 .…”

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“…To our knowledge, only three cases of granuloma annulare associated with a solitary malignancy have been reported, but none has a prostate carcinoma 3,6,7 . In addition, Lo et al 9 .…”

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“…It has been described in oncology patients 3 . Lymphomas or solitary malignancies may be associated with granuloma annulare 2–7 . In these cases, the appearance of granuloma annulare may be temporally associated with the detection of a previously undiagnosed malignancy or the discovery of recurrent metastatic disease 3 …”

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“…Granuloma annulare is a degenerative disease of the skin, characterized by focal degeneration of collagen with surrounding areas of reactive inflammation and fibrosis 1 . Although the cause of this disorder is not clear, it may be associated with some neoplasms, including pulmonary adenocarcinoma, cervical adenocarcinoma, carcinoma of the breast, mycosis fungoides, and Hodgkin's disease 2–7 . To the best of our knowledge, granuloma annulare associated with prostate carcinoma has not yet been reported.…”

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Granuloma annulare associated with prostate carcinoma

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Göze

et al. 2003

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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Granuloma annulare occurs as an idiopathic and benign condition, although it may be associated with some neoplasms. We describe a 60-year-old man with granuloma annulare on dorsal hands who developed prostate carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of granuloma annulare with prostate carcinoma. Granuloma annulare, especially in older age groups, may be classified as a sign of various carcinomas.

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“…To our knowledge, only three cases of granuloma annulare associated with a solitary malignancy have been reported, but none has a prostate carcinoma 3,6,7 . In addition, Lo et al 9 .…”

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Granuloma annulare associated with prostate carcinoma

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“…Cancer‐associated granuloma annulare has been reported predominantly in patients with hematologic malignancies (most commonly non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease) and, less often, in individuals with solid tumors (Table 1). 5,6,15–33 …”

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Granuloma annulare, relapsing polychondritis, sarcoidosis, and systemic lupus erythematosus: conditions whose dermatologic manifestations may occur as hematologic malignancy‐associated mucocutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes

Cohen¹

2006

Int J Dermatology

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IntroductionThe appearance of certain dermatoses has heralded either the diagnosis of a previously unsuspected malignancy or the detection of cancer recurrence in an oncology patient. 1,2 These associated mucosal and cutaneous conditions are referred to as mucocutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes. 3 In this issue, Zappasodi et al . 4 review some of the mucocutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes that occur in patients with hematologic malignancies. Albeit less commonly, other dermatologic conditions and systemic disorders can also occur in a paraneoplastic setting associated with hematologic malignancies: granuloma annulare, relapsing polychondritis, sarcoidosis, and systemic lupus erythematosus. Granuloma AnnulareGranuloma annulare is a chronic dermatosis of undetermined etiology. Clinically, the skin lesions present as flesh-colored to red papules and small nodules, which appear either as individual lesions or as an annular arrangement of confluent lesions. Mucin-containing areas of necrobiotic collagen in the dermis are surrounded by palisading granulomas consisting of epithelioid histiocytes, lymphocytes, and multinucleated giant cells.Granuloma annulare can be localized to a specific area of the body or generalized. Perforating and subcutaneous variants of the condition may also occur. Several factors have been described to precipitate the development of granuloma annulare: sunburn, drug eruption, flu-like illness, trauma, insect bites, and acute phlebitis. In addition, granuloma annulare has been observed in patients with potentially associated diseases -particularly diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease, but also drug allergy, hypertension, obesity, arthritis, atopy, sarcoidosis, and human immunodeficiency virus infection. [5][6][7][8][9] Skin lesions of leukemia or lymphoma that histopathologically mimic granuloma annulare have also been described in patients with hematologic malignancies. 10-14 Cancer-associated granuloma annulare has been reported predominantly in patients with hematologic malignancies (most commonly non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease) and, less often, in individuals with solid tumors (Table 1). 5,6,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Relapsing PolychondritisRelapsing polychondritis is a multisystemic disorder characterized by recurrent inflammation and degeneration of cartilaginous tissues -particularly those of the ears, nose, larynx, and trachea. [34][35][36][37] The dermatologic manifestations of relapsing polychondritis are variable and include aphthosis [oral and complex (genital)], nodules (on the extremities), purpura, papules, sterile pustules, superficial phlebitis, livedo reticularis, ulcers (on the extremities), and distal necrosis. 38 The aorta, bone, bronchi, central nervous system, ears, eyes, genitals, heart valves, kidneys, larynx, mouth, nose, and trachea are potential sites of extracutaneous involvement in patients with relapsing polychondritis. 34,38,39 The diagnostic criteria for relapsing polychondritis were initially e...

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