title: [Keloids].
abstract: The treatment of keloids has always been a formidable task and no definitive treatment method has yet been established. We have thus studied the histopathological findings to develop a new and effective treatment for keloid scars. In this article, we first describe the morphological and histopathological analysis of keloid lesions and then secondly keloid treatment methods with a mast cell degranulation suppressant that we developed and a modified enucleation method to remove keloid-forming cells and suppress the herniation-like phenomenon. We further summarize other currently available keloid treatment methods.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008722:Methods