Guess What! Idiopathic hyperkeratosis and papillomatosis areolae mammae.

In December 1996, we examined an 83-year-old Caucasian man who presented an asymptomatic, brownish thickening of the skin involving both areolae, of five years duration; the nipples were not affected (Fig. 1). On physical examination no further pathological features were observed. No family history of similar skin lesions was reported. All laboratory investigations, including serum levels of estrogen and testosterone, [...]