Acrochordon

Acrochordon 

Updated: 03/17/2021

© Jun Wang, MD, PhD

General features
  • AKA fibroepithelial polyp, skin tag, soft fibroma, cutaneous papilloma, cutaneous tag, fibroma pendulum, fibroma molluscum
  • Common, benign skin lesion of adults
Clinical features
  • Usually occur on intertriginous areas (i.e. axilla, groin), face, neck, eyelids
  • Soft papillomatous growth, flesh colored to dark brown, sessile to pedunculated
Pathological features
Management
  • Excised for cosmetic reasons


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