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Clinical appearance of Fox-Fordyce disease. Multiple skin-colored or
reddish, hair follicle-centered papules (2-4mm) in the axillae
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The physical examination revealed numerous round (2-4mm), skin-colored to reddish papules (Figure 1).
A - Hematoxylin & eosin, X10. Hyperkeratosis and
irregular acanthosis, some mononuclear cells (indicated by red arrow)
forming an infiltrate around hair follicle; dilation of sweat gland ducts
(indicated by black arrow) in the lower-mid dermis. B -
Hematoxylin-eosin, X100. Follicular spongiosis, some lymphocytes and a few
histocytes and eosinophils
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We could find some dilated sweat gland ducts in the deep dermis (Figure 2).
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