Granuloma Annulare, Autoimmune Thyroiditis, and Lichen Sclerosus in a Woman: Randomness or Significant Association?

Table 1

Granulomatous diseases and autoimmune diseases associations.

Author/year	Type of study	Associated disease/s
Studer et al./1996   [10]	Retrospective study	Diabetes mellitus 10/84 cases
Erkek et al./2001; [11]	Case report	Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Vázquez-López et al./2003 [12]	Case-control study	Autoimmune thyroditis 3/24
Tallab/2004 [13]	Case report	Autoimmune thyroditis
Goucha et al./2008; [14]	Retrospective study (GA)	Diabetes mellitus 9/35 cases; Thyroiditis 2/35 cases
Davison et al./2010 [15]	Pediatric case report	2/2 cases of juvenile insulin-dependent diabete mellitus
Sumikawa et al./2010 [16]	Case report	1 case of Sjögren’s syndrome
Sehgal et al./2011 [17]	Review of clinical case histories (GA)	100 patients with generalized granuloma annulare; 13 patients were found to have thyroid disease, while diabetes was diagnosed in 21 patients.