A Case of Keloid

Keloids are unorganized proliferation of fibrous tissue, usually arising from a site of injury, due to an aberrant healing process. Clinically, it presents as an ugly scar tissue on the skin and shows genetic predilection. They cause esthetic, physical, and psychological disturbances in the affected...

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Autores principales: Vannala, Venkataramana, Mahabob, Nazargi, Radhakrishnan, Senthilnathan, Anbuselvan, Sambavi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8375873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34447219
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_673_20
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author Vannala, Venkataramana
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Radhakrishnan, Senthilnathan
Anbuselvan, Sambavi
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description Keloids are unorganized proliferation of fibrous tissue, usually arising from a site of injury, due to an aberrant healing process. Clinically, it presents as an ugly scar tissue on the skin and shows genetic predilection. They cause esthetic, physical, and psychological disturbances in the affected individuals. Such patients require special precautions during the normal surgical procedures. Keloid treatment is prone to a high degree of resistance and recurrence. In this article, one such a case is reported along with a review of the literature discussing the nature of the lesion, treatment options, and the recommended precautions.
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spelling pubmed-83758732021-08-25 A Case of Keloid Vannala, Venkataramana Mahabob, Nazargi Radhakrishnan, Senthilnathan Anbuselvan, Sambavi J Pharm Bioallied Sci Case Report Keloids are unorganized proliferation of fibrous tissue, usually arising from a site of injury, due to an aberrant healing process. Clinically, it presents as an ugly scar tissue on the skin and shows genetic predilection. They cause esthetic, physical, and psychological disturbances in the affected individuals. Such patients require special precautions during the normal surgical procedures. Keloid treatment is prone to a high degree of resistance and recurrence. In this article, one such a case is reported along with a review of the literature discussing the nature of the lesion, treatment options, and the recommended precautions. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-06 2021-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8375873/ /pubmed/34447219 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_673_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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