Combination of surgical excision and custom designed silicon pressure splint therapy for keloids on the helical rim.
Keloids are defined as dermal fibrotic lesions which are considered an aberration of the wound healing process. Their etiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. Different treatment modalities are described in the literature depending on the morphology and size of the keloid. We report a case of a large ear keloid on the helical rim which was successfully treated with surgery and a custom designed silicon pressure clip.
Sand
Michael
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Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Kranken Anstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. michael.sand@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Sand
Daniel
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Boorboor
Pejman
P
Mann
Benno
B
Altmeyer
Peter
P
Hoffmann
Klaus
K
Bechara
Falk G
FG
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000628:therapy*; D011312:Pressure; D013165:Splints; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
D013256:Steroids