Improvement of Fox-Fordyce disease with botulinum toxin type A
Fox-Fordyce disease is a rare, chronic, pruritic papular eruption affecting apocrine gland-rich areas, predominantly in premenopausal women. There is no standardized treatment for Fox-Fordyce disease and various therapies have yielded mixed results. Botulinum toxin type A injections have shown promise in at least three refractory cases reported in literature. We present an additional case of Fox-Fordyce disease that improved after a single treatment with Botulinum toxin type A.
Authors
- Lanyu Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-1715)
- Diogo de Sousa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5415-887X)
- Claudia Brazao
- Luís Soares‐de‐Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-6105)
- Paulo Filipe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7337-6493)
- Joao Patrocinio
- Pedro de Vasconcelos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-1228)
Institutions
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
- Hospital de Santa Maria (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dermatology Online Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5070/d331164982
- Primary Topic
- Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00