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==Keloid==
==Keloid==
*''Hypertrophic scar'' redirects to this section.
{{Main|Keloid}}
===General===
*Sites of previous trauma/surgery, esp. in dark skinned individuals.<ref name=Ref_WMSP492>{{Ref WMSP|492}}</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP492>{{Ref WMSP|492}}</ref>
*Thick collagen bundles - surrounded by paler staining fibroblasts - '''key feature'''.
*Lesion replaces adnexal structures, e.g. hair, sweat glands.
 
DDx:
*Hypertrophic scar.<ref name=pmid20927486>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gauglitz | first1 = GG. | last2 = Korting | first2 = HC. | last3 = Pavicic | first3 = T. | last4 = Ruzicka | first4 = T. | last5 = Jeschke | first5 = MG. | title = Hypertrophic scarring and keloids: pathomechanisms and current and emerging treatment strategies. | journal = Mol Med | volume = 17 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 113-25 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.2119/molmed.2009.00153 | PMID = 20927486 | PMC = 3022978 }}</ref>
 
NB:
*'''Reported as "keloidal-type collagen"'''; the clinician decides between ''hypertrophic scar'' and ''keloid''.
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Keloid_-_add_-_low_mag.jpg | Keloid - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Keloid_-_add_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Keloid - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Keloid_-_high_mag.jpg | Keloid - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/keloids.html Keloid (ucsf.edu)].
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT SCAPULA, EXCISION:
- DERMAL SCAR WITH KELOIDAL-TYPE COLLAGEN, SEE COMMENT.
 
COMMENT:
The findings are consistent with a hypertrophic scar or keloid; clinical correlation is required.
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====Clinical provided====
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT NIPPLE AREOLA, EXCISION:
- DERMAL SCAR WITH KELOIDAL-TYPE COLLAGEN, CONSISTENT WITH HYPERTROPHIC SCAR.
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==Angiofibroma==
==Angiofibroma==
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