O’BRIEN’S ACTINIC GRANULOMA (IN SPANISH)

Giant-Cell Granuloma, was described initially in 1975. It is an infrequent dermatosis that is characterized by annular plaques with erythematous margins that are distributed in sun-exposed areas of the body. Case report: 52-year-old female patient with symptomatology of 24 months of evolution, characterized by scattered and symmetric dermatosis, with commitment of superior members, superior chest and thigh, in form of annular plaques. It was not documented sun exposition higher to the habitual. Betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% was use topically accompanied of sunscreen with adequate improvement of the disease. Conclusion: the OAG is a rare skin lesion, of unknown pathogenesis, that is developed in sun-exposed areas. It has as the most widely accepted theory for its appearance, the development of immune response by cells to antigenic determinants, present in the elastic fibers with actinic alteration. The findings of the patient were concordant with the previously reported. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2014;5(2):336-340. KEYWORDS Granuloma, Dermatoses, O’Brien’s granuloma