A rare localization of Fordyce angiokeratoma: A case report
Banu Taşkın1, Zahide Eriş Eken1, Betül Taş2, Serdar Altınay3, Sibel Alper1
1İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Bağcılar Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Dermatoloji Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
3Bağcılar Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
Keywords: Angiokeratoma; skin neoplasms; vascular malformations.
Abstract
Angiokeratomas are vascular malformations that are characterized by one or more dilated blood vessels lying subepidermal and epidermal proliferative reaction. Fordyce angiokeratoma is the most common type of angiokeratomas and typically occurs in middle-aged men on the scrotal wall. A 44-year- old woman with violeceous, verrucous papules over her inferior trunk applied to our clinic with a history of 10 years duration. Histopathological examination of the lesions confirmed the diagnosis of angiokeratoma. We reported a case of Fordyce angiokeratoma here because of rare localization of her lesions.