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The Eccrine Sweat Glands of Patients in Uremia
EDWARD P. CAWLEY, M.D.;
CORNELIA HOCH-LIGETI, M.D.;
GLEN M. BOND, B.S.
Arch Dermatol. 1961;84(6):889-897.
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Numerous analogies have been drawn between the sweat glands and the kidneys. Not much attention, however, has been directed to the possibility of structural or functional alterations of the sweat glands which might be surmised to occur with kidney diseases which impair renal function. Our recent observations gave reason to suspect that the eccrine sweat glands of some patients in uremia may be smaller than normal, and the present study was designed to explore this contingency and its possible implications. The glomerular portion of the eccrine sweat glands, which contributes most to the size of these organs, was arbitrarily considered to be the sweat gland for purposes of this study.
Material and Methods
A specimen which included skin and subcutaneous tissue was removed from the right upper anterior chest of 47 patients at necropsy. Twenty-eight of these patients were in uremia at the time of death. The uremia was secondary
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Author Affiliations
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Present address of Dr. Hoch-Ligeti: Veterans Administration Hospital, Martinsburg, W. Va.
From the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug. 3, 1961.
Read before the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Tucker's Town, Bermuda, June 19, 1961.
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