Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma — tumors arising from
the apocrine glands present on either side of the rectum.
Description —
Apocrine glands are the major type of sweat glands in dogs.
The lesions develop from
the apocrine glands of the anal sac.
Comedones form when oils produced in the skin can not drain properly through the sebaceous and
apocrine glands.
Apocrine Sweat Glands —
Apocrine glands are located in close association to most hair follicles all over the body.
Eccrine glands are found most all over your body while
apocrine glands are mostly located under the arms and in the anogenital region (yup, just what you were thinking: the crotch).
But if a girl is lifting weights and the weight lifting is causing production of energetic steroids secreted from
the apocrine glands in the armpits or wherever else.
Once you hit puberty,
your apocrine glands will start making apocrine sweat, which carries a strong, unpleasant scent and is actually a sign of healthy testosterone production.
Armpit body odor stems from bacterial breakdown of sweat produced by
the apocrine glands.
In addition, breasts are giant modified
apocrine glands.
Men and women may communicate chemically through secretions from
the apocrine glands, which lie beneath hair follicles.
Because wet earwax, body odor, and breast tissue seem to be related, the earwax gene «may control general
apocrine gland development,» he says.
The prognosis with
apocrine gland adenocarcinoma depends on type of treatment, size of mass, presence of hypercalcemia and presence of lymph node involvement.
Biologic Activity of Toceranib Phosphate (Palladia ™) in Canine
Apocrine Gland Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma (AGASACA).
Apocrine Gland Adenocarcinoma of the Anal Sac: Catch it early to improve prognosis — Km L. Cronin, DVM, Dipl.ACVIM
Apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma is very proliferative, therefore aggressive extirpation is recommended.
Chemotherapy combined with surgery has been used in a few cases, but their efficacy in the treatment of
apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma has not been established yet.
Treatment — Surgery is the treatment of choice for most dogs with
apocrine gland tumors.
She was presented to our Oncology department at VRCC in May of 2009, with a biopsy confirmed diagnosis of an aggressive sweat gland tumor (anaplastic
apocrine gland adenocarcinoma) of the skin of the right chest wall.
Apocrine gland carcinomas are also known as carcinomas of the anal sac in the dog.
Not exact matches
Affecting the skin in regions containing
apocrine sweat
glands, HS is believed to be caused by immune system abnormalities, and elevated levels of the inflammatory factors called cytokines — including TNF — have been detected in HS lesions.
Each of us has a unique sweat fingerprint, but the two types of sweat
glands,
apocrine and eccrine, are universal to humans.
(Hidradenitis suppurativa is a skin disease that most commonly affects areas bearing
apocrine sweat
glands or sebaceous
glands, such as the underarms, breasts, inner thighs, groin and buttocks) I have done extensive research on this disease as I have suffered with it for about 30 years.
For instance, those that come from East Asia have less
apocrine sweat
glands.
We know the
apocrine stinky
glands are in the pit and groin areas, and many athletes are looking for a solution to battle the odor down under!
Apocrine (sebaceous)
gland tumors (also called perianal adenomas) are common in male dogs because they are stimulated, in part, by testosterone.
The canine anal area has two kinds of
glands which are prone to tumor formation, the perianal
glands (also called the circumanal or hepatoid
glands) and the
apocrine anal sac
glands.
Each sac is lined with abundant, modified sebaceous (oil) and
apocrine (sweat)
glands.