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The Chest Keloid

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1970
For unknown reasons, keloids located on the chest respond poorly to any form of therapy. Patients demanding removal of small, so-called ‘spontaneous’ keloids from the chest area for cosmetic purposes should be discouraged. Biopsies, if just as good elsewhere, should avoid the chest area.
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Keloids: A review

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1981
Keloids are predominantly fibrous tumors which appear as firm, variably pruritic or tender growths near a site of injury. Usually appearing between the ages of 10 and 30, most keloids are located on the upper back, shoulders, earlobes, and anterior portion of the chest. The etiology remains unknown, but the accumulated fibrous tissue is associated with
Sheldon V. Pollack   +2 more
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Classification of Keloids

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1978
A classification of keloids based on location of the keloid, infection, sex incidence, and heredity, is presented.
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“Pseudomelanoma” in a Keloid

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1978
A pigmented lesion resembling a superficial spreading malignant melanoma appeared in keloidal scarring resulting from partial excision of three closely set intradermal and compound nevi. Complete excision of nevi when feasible is recommended as the wisest course to obviate future uncertainty.
Raphael Shafir, Yehuda Hiss
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Corneal Keloid

The Ocular Surface, 2008
Reports of corneal keloids are rare, with fewer than 80 cases published since the first case was documented in 1865. Keloids can be congenital or primary, but most often are associated with ocular surface injury or pathology. They have been reported in association with a number of congenital conditions, notably lowe's syndrome.
M, Vanathi   +3 more
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Keloids in the African

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 1974
There is no good evidence on clinical grounds for any definite differentiation between keloids and hypertrophic scars, employing any of the numerous parameters. Incidence and theories of keloid formation are presented at length with a chemo-therapeutic regimen.
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Fraternal keloid

British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1999
This report concerns the cases of three European caucasian brothers who developed keloid scars as teenagers. The eldest brother's keloid followed surgery, the second brother's followed ear piercing and the youngest brother's followed chicken pox scarring.
G A, O'Toole, T M, Milward
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TREATMENT OF KELOIDS WITH HYALURONIDASE [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of the American Medical Association, 1954
Keloids are a vexing problem. The surgeon finds them a multiheaded hydra, ready to spring up again after being cut down, and the dermatologist is frustrated often when radiotherapy fails. The patient finds his healing— scars—unesthetic and frequently painful and itchy. In many cases, the cure is worse than the disease, and nothing is done.
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The Suppurative Keloid

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1978
There is a type of keloid that tends to suppuration. The causes and mechanisms, symptomatology, and management of suppurative keloids are discussed briefly.
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Scars and Keloids

Dermatologic Clinics, 1993
Despite the disfigurement and symptoms from these abnormal wound responses, the literature offers little consensus about appropriate therapy. Few prospective blinded studies have been performed to compare therapeutic options. Multiple therapies have been reported. Most physicians agree with Kelly's emphasis on the importance of prevention.
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