Granulomatous skin disease with a histological pattern of palisading granuloma – an atypical facial necrobiosis lipoidica or more?
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Address for correspondence: Anna Rosińska-Więckowicz MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 49 Przybyszewskiego St, 60-355 Poznan, Poland, phone: +48 61 869 1366, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 4.04.2016, accepted: 28.08.2016. Granulomatous skin disease with a histological pattern of palisading granuloma – an atypical facial necrobiosis lipoidica or more?
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