Caso dermatológico: Doença de Fox-Fordyce

• Autor(es): Carvalho, S. ; Vilaça, S. ; Selores, M.
• Data: 2013
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1492
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Centro Hospitalar do Porto
• Assunto(s): Fox-Fordyce disease; skin rash; apocrine glands
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Português

Descrição

The Fox-Fordyce disease represents an infrequent chronic pruritic skin rash of unknown etiology caused by obstruction of apocrine glands. Clinically it is characterized by multiple skin color and / or erythematous perifollicular papules in areas rich of apocrine glands (armpits, genital area, areolas and infra-mammary fold). Retinoids, antibiotics and topical immunomodulators have been used with varying results. We describe a case of a 16-year-old girl with Fox-Fordyce disease.