Persistent lymphoedema in Morbihan disease: Formation of perilymphatic epithelioid cell granulomas as a possible pathogenesis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 764-767

  Nagasaka, T ^a   Koyama, T ^a   Matsumura, K ^a   Chen, K R ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; TRANILAST;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MORBIHAN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; ROSACEA; SKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 53349117277     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02892.x     Document Type: Article

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