An eccrine nevus is an extremely rare cutaneous condition that,
histologically
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ...
, is characterized by an increase in size or number of
eccrine
Merocrine (or eccrine) is a term used to classify exocrine glands and their secretions in the study of histology. A cell is classified as merocrine if the secretions of that cell are excreted via exocytosis from secretory cells into an epithelia ...
secretory coils.
[Freedberg, et al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine''. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. .]
See also
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Apocrine nevus
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Nevus comedonicus
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List of cutaneous conditions
References
External links
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Epidermal nevi, neoplasms, and cysts