An abnormality of the skin adnexa (skin appendages), which are specialized skin structures located within the dermis and focally within the subcutaneous fatty tissue, comprising three histologically distinct structures: (1) the pilosebaceous unit (hair follicle and sebaceous glands); (2) the eccrine sweat glands; and (3) the apocrine glands. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Abnormal skin appendage Abnormality of skin adnexa morphology
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- has part some (
morphology and
characteristic of some integumentary adnexa and
has modifier some abnormal)