ANGIOMAS OF THE SCROTUM (ANGIOKERATOMA, FORDYCE)

Abstract

<b>S</b>INCE Fordyce,¹in 1896, first described a case of "angiokeratoma of the scrotum," a state of confusion has existed in the classification and the nomenclature of this dermatosis. The confusion in nomenclature between angiokeratoma of the scrotum (Fordyce) and angiokeratoma (Mibelli²) was first recognized and discussed by Hudelo³and later by Wile and Belote.⁴Hudelo, in 1925, was the first investigator to stress the fact that a definite differentiation must be made between Mibelli's angiokeratoma, occurring on the extensor surfaces of the extremities associated with a history of pernio, and Fordyce's angiokeratoma or angiomas, occurring on the scrotum in subjects without a history of pernio. Wile and Belote,⁴in 1928, stated that Fordyce's angiokeratoma was a disease entirely different from true angiokeratoma of Mibelli. These authors also discussed the similarity of the histologic pictures of senile angiomas and angiomas of the scrotum and