Fordyce Spots - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Fordyce spots

Body Site

vermillion/ vermilion border lip

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

yellow

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 16-year-old boy complained of increasing asymptomatic yellowing papules on his upper lip. They responded well to superficial carbon dioxide laser ablation. These ectopic sebaceous glands are present at birth but become apparent during the second and third decades. They are also commonly found on the buccal mucosa.

Description

discrete and confluent 1-2 mm yellow papules

Image Added

10/27/2003 8:38:35

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