apocrine glands

Also found in: Dictionary.

Related to apocrine glands: Apocrine sweat glands

apocrine glands

The type of sweat glands found in the hairy parts of the body, especially in the armpits and the groin. Apocrine sweat contains material that is broken down by skin bacteria to substances responsible for unpleasant body odour.

References in periodicals archive ?

The EAC includes hair follicles and sebaceous and apocrine glands.

Demodex Species Infestation in Patients with Ear Itching and Its Relationship to Itch Severity / Kulak Kasintisi Olan Hastalarda Demodex Turlerinin Varligi ve Kasinma Siddeti Ile iliskisi

In the human embryo, apocrine glands are present over

Drugs in hair. Part I. Metabolisms of major drug classes

To the Editor: Acne inversa (AI; OMIM: 142690) is a painful chronic follicular disease, characterized by recurrent draining sinuses and abscesses with subsequent scarring and chronic seepage, predominantly in skin folds that carry terminal hairs and apocrine glands.

A Case Report of Inversa Acne and Evaluation for Mutations in the NCSTN, PSENEN, and PSEN1 Genes

Ceruminous glands are modified apocrine glands found in deep dermis of external ear canal that produce a brown waxy material and cerumen.

Surgical Management of Ceruminous Adenoma in a Dog

In addition, the dermis of epidermoid cyst usually contains sebaceous glands, often eccrine glands, and in about 20% of the cases, apocrine glands that have matured.

Retrospective study of papulonodular skin lesions and their clinopathological correlation

Hidradenitis suppurativa is characterized by secondary inflammation of the apocrine glands, which produces inflamed nodules and abscesses, primarily in the axillae, groin, and anogenital region.

Occipital scalp papules in a teenage boy

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a disease characterized by chronic follicular occlusion and secondary inflammation of the apocrine glands.

Hidradenitis suppurativa: current views on epidemiology, pathogenesis, and pathophysiology

12) It appears only in areas of the body that contain apocrine glands and in individuals who have doubleor triple-outlet follicles that predispose them to follicular occlusion.

Chronic vulvar symptoms and dermatologic disruptions: how to make the correct diagnosis: when a patient reports chronic symptoms, it's important to look beyond yeast infection and other common causes to accurately identify her condition and select the optimal treatment

1-3) Ceruminous glands are modified apocrine glands of the external auditory meatus; they rarely give rise to malignant change.

Ceruminous adenocarcinoma of the ear

Many people believe that their sweat causes their body odor, but the reality is that the odors are caused by the bacteria that consume the oils and proteins in the sweat produced by their apocrine glands.

Miasmic Mus musculus

Carcinoma of the apocrine glands of the anal sac in dogs: 113 cases (1985-1995).

Malignant hypercalcemia secondary to anal sac carcinoma in a dog--the importance of indentifyng the paraneoplasic syndromes/Hipercalcemia maligna secundaria a carcinoma do saco anal em um cao--a importancia da identificacao das sindromes paraneoplasicas/Hipercalcemia maligna secundaria a carcinoma del saco anal en un canino--la importancia de la identificacion de los sindromes paraneoplasicos

A skin clinic notes that one of the sweat glands, called Apocrine glands, are found mainly in the armpits and near the anus.