FORDYCE, John Addison (1858 – 1925)
1858 – 1925
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Journal of Cutaneous Diseases and Syphilis (New York City, USA) · Obituary. John Addison Fordyce, M.D. // Journal of Cutaneous Diseases and Syphilis. — Vol. 12, № 2. — August 1925. — PP. 267—272 · Public domain
1896 CE
#4123
A peculiar affection of the mucous membrane of the lips and the oral cavity.
Fordyce, remembered for the description of “Fox–Fordyce disease”, also described a pseudocolloid of the buccal mucosa, which is known as “Fordyce’s disease”.
1902 CE
#4137
Two cases of a rare papular disease affecting the axillary region.
“Fox–Fordyce disease”. These writers described a papular, itchy eruption, confined to the axillae, nipples and pubes, and considered to be due to a dysfunction of the apocrine glands.