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A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during connective tissue repair. It is differentiated from a hypertrophic scar (CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC) in that the former does not spread to surrounding tissues.
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- Keloids
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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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do not confuse with CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; follow text of author; ACNE KELOID is also available
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- National Library of Medicine. Keloid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007627. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007627
- Keloid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keloid
- Keloid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131260