Abstract
Skin tag (fibroepithelial polyp) is a benign skin lesion that is composed of a core of connective tissue and overlying epidermis with unknown etiology and pathogenesis. We conducted this study to demonstrate its relationship with elastic fiber abnormality.
Highlights
Fibroepithelial polyp is a small soft benign cutaneous neoplasm
Previous theories have suggested that a localized paucity of elastic tissue may result in sessile or atrophic lesions [1]
A more recent study of elastic tissue in fibroepithelial polyps showed no significant abnormalities [2]. This is a retrospective study in which thirty histopathological specimens of fibroepithelial polyp were examined
Summary
Fibroepithelial polyp (skin tag) is a small soft benign cutaneous neoplasm. It has received little attention in the dermatological literature, because they have been regarded as being of little consequence. Previous theories have suggested that a localized paucity of elastic tissue may result in sessile or atrophic lesions [1]. A more recent study of elastic tissue in fibroepithelial polyps showed no significant abnormalities [2]
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