Giant acrochordon of the axilla

Eyas Alkhalili; Surasri Prapasiri; John Russell

doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-210623

Giant acrochordon of the axilla

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jul 3:2015:bcr2015210623. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210623.

Authors

Eyas Alkhalili¹, Surasri Prapasiri², John Russell¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
² School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Abstract

Acrochordons or fibroepithelial polyps, are very common skin lesions. However, giant acrochordons are extremely rare. We present a case of a morbidly obese diabetic man who was treated with primary excision of a giant 18 cm acrochordon of the left axilla.

2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Axilla / pathology*
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial / pathology*
Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial / surgery
Obesity, Morbid
Polyps / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / surgery
Treatment Outcome