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:''Hypertrophic scar'' redirects here. | :''Hypertrophic scar'' redirects here. | ||
'''Keloid''' is an uncommon abnormal [[scar|scarring]]. | '''Keloid''' is an uncommon abnormal [[scar|scarring]] of the [[skin]]. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Sites of previous trauma/surgery, esp. in dark skinned individuals.<ref name=Ref_WMSP492>{{Ref WMSP|492}}</ref> | *Sites of previous trauma/surgery, esp. in dark skinned individuals.<ref name=Ref_WMSP492>{{Ref WMSP|492}}</ref> | ||
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*Reported as "keloidal-type collagen"; the clinician decides between ''hypertrophic scar'' and ''keloid''. | *Reported as "keloidal-type collagen"; the clinician decides between ''hypertrophic scar'' and ''keloid''. | ||
**A keloid grows beyond the boundaries of the injury site,<ref name=pmid19608056>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kelly | first1 = AP. | title = Update on the management of keloids. | journal = Semin Cutan Med Surg | volume = 28 | issue = 2 | pages = 71-6 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/j.sder.2009.04.002 | PMID = 19608056 }}</ref> a hypertrophic scar does not. | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||