Granuloma Annulare: Long-term Follow-up

Incidence and Prevalence of Granuloma Annulare in the United States

“…In this study, the incidence and prevalence of granuloma annulare were highest in the fifth decade of life, which is consistent with several prior studies suggesting that it is most commonly reported in the first 3 to 5 decades of life . However, there are a few small, single-center case series suggesting that granuloma annulare may also be common among children, although these studies lack a denominator, making it difficult to establish accurate incidence and prevalence estimates .…”

“…3,14,16,17 In this study, the incidence and prevalence of granuloma annulare were highest in the fifth decade of life, which is consistent with several prior studies suggesting that it is most commonly reported in the first 3 to 5 decades of life. 3,4,21,22 However, there are a few small, single-center case series suggesting that granuloma annulare may also be common among children, although these studies lack a denominator, making it difficult to establish accurate incidence and prevalence estimates. 5,9,17 Because the subcutaneous variant of granuloma annulare has been reported to be more common among children, it is also possible that these discrepancies may be associated with differences between granuloma annulare definitions used in each study.…”

Unilateral papular granuloma annulare in a type I diabetic child: a case report and literature review

“…In our case, proper control of T1DM did not affect the course of skin lesions that have slowly spread on the skin within 5 years. Dahl in 2007 [ 13 ] presented a report with long-term follow-up of Mayo Clinic records of patients with GA. All patients have had follow-up visits of at least 20 years (with the mean follow-up of 35 years). Three out of 32 (9.4%) patients have had or have developed T1DM during the follow-up.…”

Dyslipidemia in Granuloma Annulare

“…7 The prevalence of other comorbidities, such as hypertension, obesity, and thyroid, cardiovascular, and malignant disease, has not been systematically investigated. Data from uncontrolled studies 1,3 and case series 8 have not been validated by large-scale controlled studies.…”