Keloid

(ke'-loid). Cheloid; Alibert's Keloid; Kelis. A term applied to an overgrowth of scar-ti ue, and also to fibrous outgrowths of the skin of a similar character, apparently spontaneous in origin, though many of them are traceable to comparatively trifling lesions of the skin. This is a rather rare disease, and affects the colored races more than the white. It is commonest in middle age; its favorite sites are the sternum, shoulders, and neck. The lesion is crab-like in appearance, hence its name. K. of Add is on, forms contractions of the skin and fasciae, giving a hide-bound look to the part. It arises spontaneously at the sites of cicatrices and other injuries to the skin. See Diseases, Table of.