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A patient presents with features suggestive of fox-fordyce disease.. Fox-Fordyce disease (apocrine miliaria) is a chronic, intensely pruritic dermatosis of apocrine gland-bearing skin (axillae, anogenital area, areolae) caused by obstruction and rupture of the apocrine...
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a) What is the most likely diagnosis and what clinical features support it? (2 marks)
b) What investigations would you arrange to confirm the diagnosis? (3 marks)
c) Outline your management plan for this patient. (3 marks)
d) What are the key complications and prognostic factors? (2 marks)