Diseases and Conditions
Granuloma annulare
Overview
Symptoms
Causes
Risk factors
Diagnosis
Treatment
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Risk factors
Granuloma annulare is occasionally associated with diabetes or thyroid disease, most often when lesions are numerous or widespread. It may, rarely, be related to cancer, especially in older people whose granuloma annulare is severe, doesn't respond to treatment or returns after cancer treatment.