Octopus bite resulting in granuloma annulare.

South Med J

Published: November 1986

The cause of granuloma annulare is unclear. I have reported the development of characteristic clinical and histologic lesions of granuloma annulare at the site of an octopus bite, with early signs following the bite by two weeks.

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