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Kathleen Mattson Kollitz, BS; Win Janet Tcheung, MD; Randall P. Scheri, MD; Maria Angelica Selim, MD; Kelly Carter Nelson, MD

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Acrochordons are generally assumed to be benign and might not be submitted for pathologic analysis. One study of 1335 clinically diagnosed acrochordons found only 5 malignant tumors.¹ Both squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma have been reported in acrochordon-like lesions.^1-2 We report herein a case of acrochordon-like melanoma metastasis.

Report of a Case

A 77-year-old white woman was diagnosed as having a melanoma in 1986. Although these medical records were unavailable for review, she self-reported receiving therapeutic excision with primary closure of the left arm and left back sites. Her skin condition remained within normal limits until December 2009, when she developed multiple-pinpoint blue-brown "blood blister" lesions on her trunk and extremities, which grew in diameter and number over the following 6 months. At this time a skin tag–like lesion of the right . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Author Affiliations: Duke University School of Medicine (Ms Kollitz) and Departments of Dermatology (Drs Tcheung, Selim, and Nelson), Surgery (Dr Scheri), and Pathology (Dr Selim), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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