Fox-Fordyce Disease

Figure 3.3 A: Perioral dermatitis B: Hidradenitis suppurativa C: Fox-Fordyce disease (Courtesy of Dr. Sophie M. Worobec)

• Chronic pruritic disorder of the apocrine glands due to obstruction and dilation
• Intensely pruritic, dome-shaped flesh-colored follicular papules in axillae, ± anogenital and periareolar skin
• Treatment (difficult): topical and intralesional corticosteroids, topical tretinoin, topical clindamycin