Description of site-specific morphology of keloid phenotypes in an Afrocaribbean population
A Bayat, G Arscott, WER Ollier, MWJ Ferguson… - British journal of plastic …, 2004 - Elsevier
By examining the keloid scars of 211 Afrocaribbean patients presenting to the Plastic
Surgery unit in Kingston, Jamaica, we have described site-specific morphologies of scarring;
keloid disease is not a homogenous biological entity. All cases conformed to clinical criteria
for diagnosis of keloid scarring: 369 keloid scars were present in 137 females (2–83 years;
mean 29.6 years; SD±14.9 years) and 74 males (5–90 years, mean 29.5 years; SD±15.0
years). Morphologies were specific to each anatomical site: trunk scars (n= 45, 12.1%) were …
Surgery unit in Kingston, Jamaica, we have described site-specific morphologies of scarring;
keloid disease is not a homogenous biological entity. All cases conformed to clinical criteria
for diagnosis of keloid scarring: 369 keloid scars were present in 137 females (2–83 years;
mean 29.6 years; SD±14.9 years) and 74 males (5–90 years, mean 29.5 years; SD±15.0
years). Morphologies were specific to each anatomical site: trunk scars (n= 45, 12.1%) were …