Question 139 · LEK · Wounds
Indicate the true statement concerning the keloid:
- A. it occurs at the place of intense healing of the wound, and it is a hard, elevated reddish scar that develops at the place of the wound healing up to 6 months since the injury and then gradually disappears over the years.
- B. it develops at the place of the wound and involves also the surrounding normal skin, it lasts longer than 6 months from the trauma; it most frequently affects the wounds of the upper chest and shoulders.
- C. it is a kind of tissue that appears at the place of the healing epidermis.
- D. it is a tissue occurring at the bottom of the wound healing by secondary intention.
- E. it is a traditional name of the inflammatory infiltration that occurs in the area of an infected wound.
Hint
Distinguish it from a hypertrophic scar: one stays within the wound borders and regresses, the other spreads beyond them and keeps growing.
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