An acrospiroma is a tumor of the distal portion of a sweat gland. Acrospiromas are usually benign, and treatment consists of surgical excision. Tumor (American English) or tumour (British English) originally means swelling, and is sometimes still used with that meaning. ... Sweating (also called perspiration or sometimes transpiration) is the loss of a watery fluid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride and urea in solution, that is secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. ...
References
Laws RA, English JC 3rd, Elston DM (1996). Acrospiroma: a case report and review. Cutis58 (5): 349-51. PMID 8934076
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