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'''Fordyce spots''' are sebaceous glands that are not accompanied by hair follicles.<ref name=pmid6943138>{{Cite journal | last1 = Monteil | first1 = RA. | title = [Fordyce's spots: disease, heterotopia or adenoma? Histological and ultrastructural study]. | journal = J Biol Buccale | volume = 9 | issue = 2 | pages = 109-28 | month = Jun | year = 1981 | doi = | PMID = 6943138 }}</ref> | '''Fordyce spots''' are sebaceous glands that are not accompanied by hair follicles.<ref name=pmid6943138>{{Cite journal | last1 = Monteil | first1 = RA. | title = [Fordyce's spots: disease, heterotopia or adenoma? Histological and ultrastructural study]. | journal = J Biol Buccale | volume = 9 | issue = 2 | pages = 109-28 | month = Jun | year = 1981 | doi = | PMID = 6943138 }}</ref> They may be found on the penis.<ref name=pmid8547020>{{Cite journal | last1 = Massmanian | first1 = A. | last2 = Sorni Valls | first2 = G. | last3 = Vera Sempere | first3 = FJ. | title = Fordyce spots on the glans penis. | journal = Br J Dermatol | volume = 133 | issue = 3 | pages = 498-500 | month = Sep | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 8547020 }}</ref> | ||
==Gross== | |||
*White papules. | |||
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Fordyces_spot_closeup.jpg|Fordyces spots. (WC) | |||
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==See also== | |||
*[[Dermatopathology]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Dermatopathology]] | [[Category:Dermatopathology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:31, 17 July 2013
Fordyce spots are sebaceous glands that are not accompanied by hair follicles.[1] They may be found on the penis.[2]
Gross
- White papules.
Fordyces spots. (WC)
See also
References
- ↑ Monteil, RA. (Jun 1981). "[Fordyce's spots: disease, heterotopia or adenoma? Histological and ultrastructural study].". J Biol Buccale 9 (2): 109-28. PMID 6943138.
- ↑ Massmanian, A.; Sorni Valls, G.; Vera Sempere, FJ. (Sep 1995). "Fordyce spots on the glans penis.". Br J Dermatol 133 (3): 498-500. PMID 8547020.