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• A keloid is an abnormal proliferation of
scar tissue that forms at the site of
cutaneous injury (surgical incision or
trauma); it does not regress and grows
INTRODUCTION
beyond the original margins of the scar.
• Keloids are benign dermal
fibroproliferative tumors with no
malignant potential.
• The production of extracellular matrix
proteins, collagen, elastin, and
proteoglycans presumably is due to a
prolonged inflammatory process in the
wound.