keloid (ke'loyd)

A connective ti ue new formation in the skin and often occurring after traumatism most commonly of the lobe of the ear, the breast, and the face. It is of unknown origin. It occurs most frequently in the negro race. The only difference between a keloid and a scar is that the former extends beyond the limits of the latter and tends to grow, acne k. This is a ma of hypertrophic scars which occurs on the nape of the neck at the border of the scalp as a result of a suppurative folliculitis, k. en plaque. A circumscribed hard plate, embedded in the skin and elevated very little or not at all above the surface. [Gr., kelis, a scar, -feidos, resemblance; also written cheloid, as if derived from the Gr., chele, claw.]