2015, Number 2
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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2015; 43 (2)
Axillary follicular papules in a fertile-age woman. Fox-Fordyce disease
Méndez AC, Peral RF, Ríos JJ, Camacho MFM
Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 139-141
PDF size: 339.08 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Fox-Fordyce disease or apocrine miliaria is characterized by multiple yellowish-white follicular papules located mainly in the axillae. It usually affects women of childbearing age, and its pathophysiology is related to hormonal factors. There are few familial cases described. We report a 50-year-old woman with pruritic lesions in both axillae with years of evolution. The clinical signs and the histology are compatible with Fox-Fordyce disease.
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