ULCERATED ACROCHORDON IN VULVA

Abstract

Introduction: the acrochordon, also known as soft fibromas, is a dermatological disease of common location in the cutaneous folds. Its appearance in external genitalia is weird, but it generates negative consequences regarding the quality of life of the patients. Due to the typical characteristics of the genital area in women, it increases the risk of ulceration and superinfection. Case record: patient in the third decade of life with lesion of slow growth in the vulvar area, who attended late to the emergency service because of the presence of laceration and infection signs in the genital lesion. Conclusions: the acrochordon in vulva or vulvar fibroma is a vulvar benign and uncommon disease, however it always merits opportune treatment by esthetic reason as for the ulceration risk. Revista ciencias biomédicas. 2015;6(1):138-141 KEYWORDS Vulva; Vulvar diseases; Vulvar neoplasms.