title: Cryosurgical treatment of a large keloid.
abstract: The cryosurgical treatment of a patient with a large keloid on the nuchal region is reported. The tumor was frozen under local anesthesia with minimal discomfort. The temperatures beneath the lesion were monitored in order to achieve a deep freezing. Twelve months after the treatment the tumor has not recurred.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male