Fox-Fordyce disease, presentation of a patient

Authors

  • Mabel González Escudero Hospital “Mártires del 9 de abril”, Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara
  • María Chamizo Cabreras Hospital Pediátrico “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Amelia Betancourt Pérez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

Fox-Fordyce disease, apocrine glands

Abstract

The Fox-Fordyce disease is a rare inflammatory disorder characterized by the appearance of pruritic follicular papules localized in distribution to areas with apocrine glands. The pathogenesis is not clearly known; it is invloved the obstruction of the apocrine excretory duct as early phenomenon in the process. It is presented a patient of 25 years with Fox-Fordyce disease confirmed histologically and a great clinically vulvar expressiveness.

 

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González Escudero M, Chamizo Cabreras M, Betancourt Pérez A. Fox-Fordyce disease, presentation of a patient. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 22 [cited 2025 Jun. 27];8(3):104-7. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/161

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2014): July-September

Section

Case Reports

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