GRANULOMA

(Lat.). n. n. Graan(gra3n)-u2l(ul)-o'ma3. Gen., -om'atox (-is). From granulum, a small grain. Fr., granulome. Ger., Granulom. A tumor consisting of granulation ti ue. [A, 326 (a, 21).] See GRANULATION (2d def.) and AKESTOMA. G. fuiigoides. See MYCOSIS fungoides.G. irid is. A small non-malignant tumor of the iris, composed of a highly vascular, small-celled, h'brillar (sarcoma-like) ti ue. According to Wecker, this disease may be subdivided into simple, spontaneous, teleangeiectatic, and traumatic forms. [A, 326 (a, 21).JG. of the cornea. Fr., granulome de la cornee. Ger., Hornhautgranulom. A very rare and exceedingly vascular tumor described by a few of the older writers as growing from the Minims, and of late considered as perhaps similar to a leuco sarcoma. [F.] G'ta of the skin. Ger., Granulome der Haut. Syn.: chronic infectious dermatoses. Granulation growths of the skin; in Auspitz's cla ification, a family of the Paraaesmoses (q. r.), including the various forms of lupus, scrofuloderma, tuberculosis cutis, lepra, syphiloderma. rhinoscleroma, and g. fungoides. [G, 4.] G. of the umbilicus. See Fungous EXCRESCENCE of the umbilicus. G. simplex irid is. Fr., granulome simple de I'iris. Ger., einfaches Granulom der Regenbogenhaut. A tumor of comparatively rare occurrence, occurring almost exclusively in children, and mainly during the first years of life. It appears as a small, yellowish-white growth, somewhat resembling a gumma. There may be several isolated growths which coalesce and fill more or le of the anterior chamber; the cornea ulcerates, with the symptoms of glaucomatous tension, and a sponge-like growth projects. In favorable cases this gradually disappears, accompanied by shrinking of the eyeball. [FJ Infective g. A term for that form of infectious disease in which there is a neoplastic formation of unstable granulation ti ue that spreads from a centre into the surrounding connective ti ue, the central portion eventually suppurating. To this cla belong tuberculosis, syphilis, leprosy, lupus, glanders, and actinomycosis. [a, 34.] Palpebral g. See CHALAZION. Syphilitic g. See SYPHILOMA. [s. 232]