Rare sweat gland tumors of vulva: Report of two cases.

Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS

Department of Skin and V.D, SBKS Medical College, Piparia, Waghodia, Baroda, Gujarat, India.

Published: July 2012

Syringomas and Fox-Fordyce disease are appendageal skin disorders. While syringomas represent an adenoma of the intraepidermal eccrine duct, Fox Fordyce disease occurs due to blockage of the apocrine sweat duct. In both conditions, extragenital sites are more frequently involved than the genitalia. We herein report two young females, one with syringomas on the face and vulva and the other with Fox Fordyce disease involving axilla, areola and vulva, thereby citing the importance of examination of genitalia in these disorders.

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