Skin Tag on Eyelid

Diagnosis: Skin Tag on Eyelid

Skin Tag on Eyelid

Clinical Presentation

Skin Tag on Eyelid

Clinical History

Submitted by dermRounds Dermatology Network. Originally posted January 10, 2017.

Treatment

See case discussion.

Differential Diagnosis

• Nevus (pedunculated) • Neurofibroma • Seborrheic keratosis (pedunculated) • Molluscum contagiosum • Verruca filiformis • Basal cell carcinoma (pedunculated)

Key Learnings

• Also known as acrochordon or fibroepithelial polyp • Most common benign skin growth — prevalence increases with age • Predilection sites: neck, axillae, inframammary, groin — areas of friction • Associated with obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes • Multiple skin tags may warrant metabolic syndrome screening • Malignant transformation is essentially nonexistent • Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: multiple fibrofolliculomas can resemble skin tags

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