Description
fox fordyce disease: a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, non-bacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts. Hidradenitisis very similar, but tends to have a secondary bacterial infection so that pus-draining sinuses are formed.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
L12_APOCRINESWEAT |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: L75, ICD-9: 7058X/7058B, ICD-8: 705 |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-8 |
705[0-1] |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: L75, ICD-9: 7058B/7058X, ICD-8: 705 |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-8 |
705[0-1] |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology