TY - JOUR
T1 - Accessory Tragi
AU - Brownstein, Martin H.
AU - Wanger, Nancy
AU - Helwig, Elson B.
PY - 1971/12
Y1 - 1971/12
N2 - The clinical and histopathologic features of accessory tragi from 55 patients were analyzed. On both clinical and histologic grounds, accessory tragi were often mistaken for skin tags, fibromas, or papillomas. The lesions were present at birth and appeared as solitary or multiple papules located between the pretragal and sternoclavicular regions. Histologically, there were numerous unevenly spaced telogen follicles that contained vellus hairs. Beneath a relatively narrow zone of fibro-vascular tissue there were usually abundant lobules of fat and a central core of cartilage. Even In lesions without cartilage, an objective histologic diagnosis could be suggested and the condition differentiated from cutaneous papillomas, which contain no epidermal adnexa.
AB - The clinical and histopathologic features of accessory tragi from 55 patients were analyzed. On both clinical and histologic grounds, accessory tragi were often mistaken for skin tags, fibromas, or papillomas. The lesions were present at birth and appeared as solitary or multiple papules located between the pretragal and sternoclavicular regions. Histologically, there were numerous unevenly spaced telogen follicles that contained vellus hairs. Beneath a relatively narrow zone of fibro-vascular tissue there were usually abundant lobules of fat and a central core of cartilage. Even In lesions without cartilage, an objective histologic diagnosis could be suggested and the condition differentiated from cutaneous papillomas, which contain no epidermal adnexa.
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.1971.04000240049006
DO - 10.1001/archderm.1971.04000240049006
M3 - Article
C2 - 5131708
AN - SCOPUS:0015183233
SN - 0003-987X
VL - 104
SP - 625
EP - 631
JO - Archives of Dermatology
JF - Archives of Dermatology
IS - 6
ER -