1958
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1958.01560090062014
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Oral Treatment of Keloids

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“…A variety of treatment regimens have been used in keloids and hypertrophic scars with uncertain results achieved. 2,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] In the early 1980s, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a pyrimidine analog with antimetabolite activity, was investigated as an adjunct to glaucoma filtering surgery, a procedure in which inhibition of wound healing is desirable to achieve surgical success. [20][21][22][23] This drug has been shown to inhibit fibroblast proliferation in tissue culture 24 and is believed to reduce postoperative scarring by decreasing fibroblast proliferation.…”
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“…A variety of treatment regimens have been used in keloids and hypertrophic scars with uncertain results achieved. 2,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] In the early 1980s, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a pyrimidine analog with antimetabolite activity, was investigated as an adjunct to glaucoma filtering surgery, a procedure in which inhibition of wound healing is desirable to achieve surgical success. [20][21][22][23] This drug has been shown to inhibit fibroblast proliferation in tissue culture 24 and is believed to reduce postoperative scarring by decreasing fibroblast proliferation.…”
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“…Regarding the oral treatment of keloid by tctrahydroxyquinone, Kelley and Pinkus [7] concluded that this treatment is tedious and slow and the effect is in complete in large lesions. There is an undesirable reaction, which is the breakdown of keloid tissue accompanied by discharge of necrotic material.…”
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“…15 Together, the higher chances of more intense inflammation and easier keloid formation may lead to a significantly higher incidence of AKN in black skin. It has been well established that the follicular inflammatory disorders of dissecting cellulitis, folliculitis Letter to the Editor decalvans, and central centrifugal scarring alopecia occur more commonly in this group.…”
Section: Scar and Keloid Formation Secondary To Mechanically Induced mentioning
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