Axillary perifollicular xanthomatosis resembling Fox-Fordyce disease

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-148

  Kossard, Steven ^a   Dwyer, Phillip ^a  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apocrine miliaria; Normolipaemic xanthoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY PERIFOLLICULAR XANTHOMATOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOX FORDYCE DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; XANTHOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AXILLA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOX-FORDYCE DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; VACUOLES; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 2342607957     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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