keloid lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
• A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during connective tissue repair. It is differentiated from a hypertrophic scar (CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC) in that the former does not spread to surrounding tissues.