anterior view of a 48-year-old man with disfiguring keloids and multiple draining sinuses on bilateral cheeks and neck.

anterior view of a 48-year-old man with disfiguring keloids and multiple draining sinuses on bilateral cheeks and neck.

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Keloids are benign, fibroproliferative dermal growths that occur in response to injury of the skin. These hypertrophic scars can cause pain and discomfort and have been associated with negative effects on social well-being, prompting physicians to seek effective treatment modalities with minimal risk of recurrence. Although surgical excision of the...

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... 48-year-old man presented to clinic with a blast injury that led to the formation of disfiguring keloids and multiple draining sinuses on his bilateral cheeks that extended onto the posterior neck (Fig. 1). (See figure 1, Supplemental Digital Content 1, which displays the lateral view of a 48-year old man with disfiguring keloids and multiple draining sinuses on bilateral cheeks extending to the posterior neck. ...