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Indian Dermatol Online J
October 2024
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, AIIMS, Habibganj, Saketnagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India.
Introduction: Dermoscopy of mucosa is known as mucoscopy. Mucoscopy can aid in delineating minute aspects of mucosal lesions and will guide in the differentiation of similar-looking lesions. To date, there are only a few studies on mucoscopy of genital dermatoses especially from India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cutan Aesthet Surg
January 2024
Department of Dermatology, Shivani Skin Care and Cosmetic Clinic, Sarthi Doctor house, Fourth floor, Hirabaug, Varachha road, Surat, Gujrat, India.
The Fordyce spots are ectopic sebaceous glands, located at the lip's vermilion border or the oral mucosa. Clinically presents as tiny, discrete, white or yellowish, focally grouped papules. It is a common cosmetic disorder and is significantly associated with emotional stress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Oral Pathol Med
July 2023
Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia, 1 Jalan Sarjana 1, Kota Ilmu, Educity@Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, 79200, Malaysia.
Background: The ABO and Rh systems are the most commonly used blood-group systems used to classify blood group globally. A number of studies have shown that ABO blood groups may be associated with an increased serum cholesterol levels which in turn may be related to the presence of oral Fordyce spots or granules. Oral Fordyce's granules are ectopic sebaceous glands within the oral cavity and are visible through epithelium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiagnostics (Basel)
March 2023
Institute of Dermatology, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Fordyce spots (FS) are heterotopic sebaceous glands affecting mostly oral and genital mucosa, commonly misdiagnosed with sexually transmitted infections. In a single-center retrospective study, we aimed to assess the ultraviolet-induced fluorescencedermatoscopy (UVFD) clues of Fordyce spots and their common clinical simulants: molluscum contagiosum, penile pearly papules, human papillomavirus warts, genital lichen planus, and genital porokeratosis. Analyzed documentation included patients' medical records (1 September-30 October 2022) and photodocumentation, which included clinical images as well as polarized, non-polarized, and UVFD images.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian Pediatr
January 2022
Department of Pediatrics, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi.
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