Acrochordons are flesh-colored pedunculated lesions that tend to occur in areas of skin folds.
Acrochordons are characterized by acanthotic, flattened, or frondlike epithelium.
Acrochordons were thought to be marked by decreased numbers of elastic fibers, though one study of elastic tissue in FEPs showed no deficiency of this tissue.
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They range in size from two to five (A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter) millimeters, although larger ones have been seen.
The surface of acrochordons may be smooth or irregular in appearance.
Often, they are raised from the surface of the skin on a fleshy stalk called a "peduncle."