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keloid [′kē‚lȯid] (medicine) A firm, elevated fibrous formation of tissue at the site of a scar. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Clinically, lacaziosis manifests as keloidal lesions of solid consistency and variable size that contain small scales and crusts (6). The erstwhile slave Sethe, wounded emotionally and physically while she was a slave, has keloidal marks on her back to arrest the reader. 5-cm diameter, dusky-red, nontender, plaque-like lesion surrounded by keloidal scar tissue on the posterior aspect of her right upper arm (Figure 1). |
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