Fordyce granules
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Fordyce granules (seborrheic cysts) are painless skin formations, light-colored, slightly or clearly visible small pimples of the sebaceous glands. These formations occur in the area of the labia or male penis, in the groin and nipples, and can be found on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity or in the lip area.
Such changes in the sebaceous glands were first described by the American dermatologist and syphilidologist John Addison Fordyce in 1896. Hence the name that has now become generally accepted for them - Fordyce granules.
The formation of Fordyce granules is not associated with seborrhea (the ambiguity of the name is due to the peculiarities of the translation). A more correct name for the disease is sebaceous cysts.