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. 2013 May;58(3):245.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.110880.

Granuloma faciale: exclusively extrafacial

Trupti V Surana  1 , Ghosh Arghyaprasun, Biswas Saugato, Nag Falguni, Chatterjee Gobinda, Halder Chinmay
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Granuloma faciale: exclusively extrafacial

Trupti V Surana et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2013 May.

Abstract

We report a case of granuloma faciale over distal extremities in a 60-year-old man without facial lesions who did not show any response to dapsone.

Keywords: Extrafacial; granuloma faciale; grenz zone; polymorphous infiltrate.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Adult with lesions of GF over distal extremities
Figure 2
Figure 2
Photomicrograph of H and E, × 400 showing Grenz zone and dense polymorphous infiltrate in the dermis
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