Gordon Fordyce 1925–2018

Fordyce angiokeratoma

A 55 year-old Caucasian man, with Diabetes Melitus type 2 history, presented to our department with complaints of multiple, dark red papules located on the scrotum. The diagnosis of Fordyce angiokeratoma was clinically established. No special treatment was recommended, apart from patient's reassurance for the benign nature of this clinical entity. Fordyce angiokeratoma or angiokeratoma of the s...

Angiokeratoma of Fordyce

Angiokeratoma refers to a benign vascular telangiectasia in the papillary dermis that is associated with hyperkeratosis of the epidermis. Clinically, angiokeratoma of Fordyce presents as multiple, well-circumscribed, dome-shaped papules, sized 2 to 5 mm in diameter mainly on the scrotum. The lesions are usually bilateral. The color of the lesions may be red, blue, purple, dark red, or bluish-bl...

Fox-Fordyce disease*

Fox-Fordyce disease.

Fox-Fordyce disease (FFD) is a rare inflammatory disorder that affects the apocrine sweat glands. Clinically, lesions are equidistant, smooth, uniform, firm, folliculocentric papules, which can range in color from flesh-colored to red-brown to slightly yellow. Whereas the axillae are most commonly involved, FFD also can involve the anogenital and periareolar areas, lips, umbilicus, sternum, per...

Fox-Fordyce disease in daughter and father.

On examination, discrete 2to 3-mm perifollicular papules localized to the bilateral axillae ( fig. 1 ) and the pubic area were noted. The color of the papules ranged from flesh-colored to slightly hypopigmented. Additionally, her left axilla showed areas of superficial erosion, erythema and overlying honey-colored crust ( fig. 2 ). Of particular interest, the patient’s father was also examined ...