apocrine in English

adjective

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relating to or denoting multicellular glands that release some of their cytoplasm in their secretions, especially the sweat glands associated with hair follicles in the armpits and pubic regions.

The human body contains two types of sweat glands - apocrine and eccrine.

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1. Apocrine gland synonyms, Apocrine gland pronunciation, Apocrine gland translation, English dictionary definition of Apocrine gland

2. Apocrine sweat gland adenomas and adenocarcinomas can arise from Apocrine gland or Apocrine duct cells

3. Background Apocrine hidrocystomas are benign cystic proliferations of the Apocrine secretory glands

4. Apocrine Glands Apocrine glands are much less numerous than eccrine glands

5. In addition, Apocrine metaplasia is also unrelated to Apocrine breast carcinoma , which does develop within the Apocrine glands of the breast.

6. (Breast Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus) Microcalcifications and foci of Apocrine metaplasia may be present

7. These type A Apocrine cells are more commonly observed than type B Apocrine

8. Apocrine metaplasia does not, in fact, have anything to do with ‘Apocrine glands’

9. Apocrine Breast Cancer Diagnosis

10. Figure 02: Apocrine Sweat Gland

11. What are synonyms for Apocrine?

12. Apocrine gland - a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an Apocrine secretion; in …

13. Apocrine Carcinoma of Skin is a rare, malignant tumor that originates from the Apocrine sweat glands

14. 1 antonym for Apocrine: eccrine

15. Synonyms for Apocrine in Free Thesaurus

16. How to use Apocrine in a sentence.

17. Apocrine adenocarcinoma is a rare malignant primary skin adnexal tumor often involving areas where apocrine glands are numerous.

18. The cause of Apocrine carcinoma is unknown.

19. Apocrine Cystadenoma of Vulva is a rare condition in which there is a dilated cyst of the Apocrine sweat glands

20. Canine Apocrine Gland Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma (AGASACA) Apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinomas (AGASACA) are malignant tumors of the anal glands

21. Apocrine hidrocystomas are large, unilocular or multilocular cysts

22. Abundant eosinophilic Apocrine cytoplasm; Same criteria as usual DCIS except that usual nuclear size criteria cannot be used as nuclei in Apocrine metaplasia are typically large; Special nuclear size criteria based on comparison to benign Apocrine metaplastic cells

23. ‘Around puberty, our Apocrine glands kick into action, releasing thick secretions into hair follicles.’ ‘Or maybe you should just consult a physician to get your eccrine and Apocrine glands examined.’ ‘For example, tumors may show follicular, eccrine, sebaceous, or Apocrine differentiation.’

24. Apocrine Sweat Glands, Body Odor, Distribution, Eccrine Sweat Glands, Thermoregulation

25. Apocrine glands in the skin act primarily as scent glands

26. Cysts of Apocrine sweat glands are benign tumor-like lesions

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28. Apocrine glands in the skin and eyelid are sweat glands.

29. Nomenclatures have historically been varied, including Apocrine cysts/tumors, 4 cystadenomatosis, ceruminous cystomatosis, 1,5 benign melanotic ceruminous gland adenomas 3 and ceruminous adenomas (multi-centric/focal), Apocrine hyperplasia

30. Apocrine definition is - producing a fluid secretion by pinching off one end of the secretory cell while leaving the rest intact; also : produced by an Apocrine gland

31. Apocrine metaplastic lesions have been shown to be androgen receptor (AR) positive and negative for oestrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression.17,38–40 This unique receptor profile is largely retained in Apocrine DCIS,25,39 but is more variable in invasive Apocrine carcinomas39,41,42 (see Table 1).

32. Apocrine chromhidrosis presents with coloured sweat localised to the distribution of the Apocrine glands in the axillae, on the face (particularly the cheeks), breast areolae, and anogenital regions

33. Apocrine hidrocystomas most commonly appear as solitary, soft, dome-shaped, translucent papules

34. Apocrine breast cancer is a rare type of invasive ductal breast cancer

35. Apocrine carcinoma is a cancer of a sweat gland. Apocrine carcionoma most often develops under the arm (the axilla), but it can develop on the scalp or other parts of the body

36. Of or pertaining to an Apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion.

37. Among dogs, German shepherds and golden retrievers may be predisposed to Apocrine tumors.

38. (Breast Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus) Representative examples include Apocrine adenoma, tubular adenoma, and pleomorphic adenoma.

39. Apocrine carcinoma of the breast is a rare, primary breast cancer characterized by the Apocrine morphology, estrogen receptor-negative and androgen receptor-positive profile with a frequent overexpression of Her-2/neu protein (~30%)

40. (Breast Sclerosing Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus) It may be associated with Apocrine changes or sclerosis

41. Secretion of Apocrine sweat glands is thicker than the sweat produced by the merocrine sweat glands

42. Apocrine vs Eccrine sweat glands The skin is the largest organ of the human body

43. The cells that make up an Apocrine tumor are different than those of typical ductal

44. 1,2 The nuclei in both types of Apocrine cells are round; they vary in size and have

45. Apocrine sweat glands are one of the two main types of sweat glands found in the skin

46. Apart from the Her-2/neu target, advanced and/or metastatic Apocrine carcinomas have limited treatment options.

47. 28 The apocrine glands are to be found chiefly in the armpits and in the pubic regions.

48. Although the Apocrine glands continually release sweat, they kick into high gear every time emotional stress occurs.

49. The Apocrine gland is a type of gland that is found in the skin, breast, eyelid, and ear

50. Decapitation secretion (pinching off of the cytoplasm with intraluminal secretion) is a hallmark of Apocrine hidrocystomas (Figure 2).