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Keloids
Alternative names:
cheloid scar; hypertrophic 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/scar. A skin biopsy rules out other skin growths (tumors).
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