Unusual Genital Wart Lesions: A Case Series on Angiokeratoma of Fordyce

TL;DR

This paper presents five rare cases of a skin condition called angiokeratoma of Fordyce, including unusual genital lesions in some patients.

Contribution

The study reports a rare and unusual case series of angiokeratoma of Fordyce with genital involvement.

Findings

Five rare cases of angiokeratoma of Fordyce were identified.

Two cases involved the vulva and one case had lesions on the scrotal wall.

The condition was asymptomatic and presented with characteristic dark red to black papules.

Abstract

Angiokeratoma is a vascular cutaneous disorder that is generally asymptomatic and presents with multiple dark red to blue or black papules over the skin. The prevalence of angiokeratoma increases as the age increases and it is more common after third and fourth decades of life. There are different types of angiokeratoma which may be localized forms (angiokeratoma of Mibelli, angiokeratoma circumscriptum, solitary angiokeratoma, and angiokeratoma of the scrotum or vulva) or diffuse variant (angiokeratoma corporis diffusum). Here, we report a series of five rare cases of angiokeratoma of Fordyce, of which two cases had vulval involvement and one case showed lesions on unilateral scrotal wall which was unusual.

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