Management of pediatric penile keloid.
Keloids are abnormal scar tissue growths that extend beyond the original area of injury, occasionally occurring post-surgery. Risk factors for keloids include skin trauma, infection, prolonged wound healing and individuals of certain ethnicities. Keloid formation on the penis, however, is a rare occurrence even among circumcised males, and can produce both aesthetic and functional complications. We document the tenth patient in the literature, to our knowledge, to present with a keloid of the penis.
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC;
Michael
M
Yong
Kourosh
K
Afshar
Andrew
A
Macneily
Jugpal S
JS
Arneja