Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

EVALUATE THE PREVALENCE OF SKIN TAGS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN PONDICHERRY.

Malar Mangai. E, Harsha Vardhan. K

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Skin tags are caused by friction between skin folds and or between skin and clothing. Skin tags are commonly seen in axilla, upper chest and beneath the easts, neck, eye lids and groin folds. Skin tags are acrochordons are benign painless lesions, but manifest with symptoms when there is an aasion or necrosis. This study was carried out as a cross sectional study in a Teaching hospital. This study was undertaken in the outpatient Department of Dermatology in our Teaching hospital. This study was carried out for a period of seven months between October 2017 and April 2018.The prevalence of acrochordons showed in our study was 14.0% [95% CI: 8.4 to 19.5]. Acrochordons was absent in 129 (86.0%) participants. The prevalence of acrochordons in this study was 14% and majority of them presented as multiple lesions and around the neck. It was observed that history of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases and hypertension was significant risk factors for acrochordons. Our study demonstrated statistically significant results with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.

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EVALUATE THE PREVALENCE OF SKIN TAGS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN PONDICHERRY., Malar Mangai. E, harsha vardhan. K INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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