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An elevated scar, resembling a KELOID, but which does not spread into surrounding tissues. It is formed by enlargement and overgrowth of cicatricial tissue and regresses spontaneously.
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- Cicatrix, Hypertrophic
- Scars, Hypertrophic
- Cicatrices, Hypertrophic
- Hypertrophic Cicatrices
- Hypertrophic Scar
- Hypertrophic Scars
- Scar, Hypertrophic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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does not spread to surrounding tissue: do not confuse with KELOID which does; follow text of author
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- Cicatrix (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hypertrophic Cicatrix. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017439. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017439
- Hypertrophic Cicatrix. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrophic_scar
- Hypertrophic Cicatrix. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641147