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Fordyce's lesion
Also known as:
Fordyce's angiokeratoma
Associated persons:
John Addison Fordyce
Description:
Scrotal angiomas of no significance. A disorder commonly seen in the elderly, characterized by multiple, spherical, reddish to black, elevated lesions rarely over 4 mm in diameter, which usually follow the course of the scrotal veins. The lesions are divided by irregular septa into cavernous spaces filled with blood.
Bibliography:
- J. A. Fordyce:
Angiokeratoma of the scrotum.
Transactions of the American Dermatological Association, 1896: 5-11.
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