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Skin Tag

Aka: Skin Tag, Acrochordon
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  1. Definition
    1. Benign epidermal hyperplastic lesion
  2. Epidemiology
    1. Very common (occur in 25%) and increase with age
  3. Risk factors
    1. Obesity
  4. Signs
    1. Characteristics
      1. Usually pedunculated but may be sessile
      2. Flesh-color to brown
      3. May be up to 1 cm in size
    2. Distribution
      1. Axilla
      2. Neck
      3. Inguinal area
  5. Differential diagnosis
    1. Nevus
    2. Seborrheic Keratosis
    3. Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma syndrome
      1. Skin Tags seen in childhood
      2. Only indication to send Skin Tags for histology
      3. Chiritescu (2001) J Am Acad Dermatol 44:789-94
  6. Management
    1. Indications for excision
      1. Local irritation
      2. Cosmesis
      3. Biopsy if present in childhood (see above)
    2. Techniques for destruction
      1. Local Anesthesia only required for larger lesions
        1. Cut quickly in one stroke if not using anesthesia
      2. Pedunculated Skin Tags
        1. Excise with iris scissors
        2. Electrocautery at lesion base
        3. Cryotherapy (for small Skin Tags)
      3. Sessile Skin Tags
        1. Shave excision
  7. References
    1. Tavelli in Noble (2001) Primary Care, Mosby, p. 771
    2. Luba (2003) Am Fam Physician 67(4):729-738

Skin tag (C0037293)

Definition (NCI) A polypoid lesion composed of fibrous tissue and epithelium. Representative examples include skin tag, anal fibroepithelial polyp, and gingival fibroepithelial polyp.
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Definition (CHV) benign skin tumor
Concepts Neoplastic Process (T191)
SnomedCT 156440000, 255183007, 201091002, 31069005, 80801001, 2710003, 189051001
English Polyp, fibroepithelial, Skin tag, SKIN TAG S, SKIN TAG, SKIN POLYP, SKIN TAG(S), Fibroma molle, Skin tag NOS, Tag, NOS, cutaneous tag, acrochordon (diagnosis), acrochordon, skin tag (physical finding), skin tag, Skin tags, POLYP FIBROEPITHELIAL, Soft Fibroma, Fibroma Molle, Skin tag NOS (disorder), achrochordons, skin polyps, fibroma molle, Polyp(s);skin, acrochordons, fibroepithelial polyp, cutaneous tags, fibroepithelial polyps, achrochordon, Acrochordons (skin tag), Fibroepithelial papilloma, Achrochordon, Acrochordon, Cutaneous polyp, Cutaneous tag, Fibroepithelial polyp, SKT - Skin tag, Soft fibroma, Soft papilloma, Tag, Fibroepithelial polyp (morphologic abnormality), Skin tag (disorder), Tag (morphologic abnormality), tag; skin, Cutaneous Fibroepithelial Polyp, Cutaneous Tag, Fibroepithelial Polyp of Skin, Fibroepithelial Polyp of the Skin, Fibroepithelial Polyp, Skin Tag, skin polyp, skin tags
Italian Acrochordon, Pliche della cute, Fibroma molle
Dutch fibroma molle, huidrafels, aanhangsel; huid, acrochordon
French Fibroma molle, Acrochordon
German Fibroma molle, Akrochordone, Akrochordon
Portuguese Molusco pêndulo, Fibroma molle, Acrocordão
Spanish Papiloma cutáneo, Fibroma péndulo, Skin tag, Skin tag NOS, acrocordón (anomalía morfológica), acrocordón, SAI (trastorno), acrocordón, SAI, acrocordón, apéndice cutáneo, fibroma blando (trastorno), fibroma blando, papiloma blando, papiloma cutáneo (anomalía morfológica), papiloma cutáneo, SAI, papiloma cutáneo, papiloma fibroepitelial, pólipo fibroepitelial (anomalía morfológica), pólipo fibroepitelial, Acrocordon
Japanese アクロコルドン, 軟性線維腫, ﾅﾝｾｲｾﾝｲｼｭ, ｱｸﾛｺﾙﾄﾞﾝ
Czech Akrochordon, Měkký fibrom, Fibroma pendulans
Hungarian Bőrredők, Fibroma molle, Acrochordon
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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