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Descriptor English: Granuloma Annulare
Descriptor Spanish: Granuloma Anular
Descriptor granuloma anular
Scope note: Enfermedad granulomatosa benigna, de etiología desconocida, que se caracteriza por presentar un anillo de pápulas o nódulos, localizados o diseminados, en la piel y por histiocitos en empalizada que rodean al tejido necrobiótico resultante de las estructuras alteradas del colágeno.
Descriptor Portuguese: Granuloma Anular
Descriptor French: Granulome annulaire
Tree number(s): C17.300.200.495.380
C17.800.550.380
C23.550.382.375
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016460
Scope note: 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.
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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Granuloma (1966-1991)
Skin Diseases (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30066
Unique ID: D016460
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/02
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Granuloma Annulare - Preferred
Concept UI M0025146
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Granuloma Annulare



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