title: Intratracheal Keloid.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Keloidal scarring can complicate surgical procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  This 21-month-old African-American child developed a keloid around his tracheostomy that extended into the trachea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Keloidal formation from a tracheostomy site can extend into the trachea.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory , Children's Hospital of New Orleans , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.|b Pathology , LSUHSC , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Craver
mesh_terms: D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007440:Intubation; D007627:Keloid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation; D014132:Trachea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Keloid; occlusion; tracheostomy