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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

miliaria, apocrine Fox-Fordyce disease

Body Site

axilla (armpit)

Age

22 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This young woman complained of a presistent itchy rash in her axillae that developed during adolescence. The rash disappeared during the third trimester of her first pregnancy but recurred several months after delivery. This eruption is typical of apocrine miliaria or Fox-Fordyce disease.

Description

symmetric itchy axillary papules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions obstetrics (pregnancy related) and gynecology

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8/1/2002 14:34:32

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