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Keloids    See images

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment

Alternative names:

Hypertrophic scar; Keloid scar; Scar - hypertrophic

Symptoms

  • Skin lesion
  • Flesh-colored, red, or pink
  • Located over the site of a wound, injury, or other lesion
  • Nodular or ridged
  • Itching during formation and growth

Signs and Tests

Diagnosis is made on the basis of the appearance of the skin or scar. A skin biopsy may be needed to rule out other skin growths (tumors).

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