Meeting Report: Clinical Challenge and Call for Research on Keloid Disorder The 3rd International Keloid Research Foundation Symposium, Beijing 2019

Keloid disorder, a recently coined term, refers to a group of fibroproliferative disorders affecting the skin (Tirgan, 2019a). The clinical spectrum of such conditions include keloids and hypertrophic scars, as well as acne keloidalis and keloidalis nuchae, in which cutaneous nodules and tumors develop as a result of trauma and inflammation (Figure 1). Keloids are relatively common, particularly affecting certain ethnic groups. Individuals of African ancestry have a very high incidence of keloids, reported to affect 4-16% of people in such populations, i.e., about 15 times higher than in individuals of European ancestry (Brown et al.
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Meeting Report Source Type: research