2.9 Scar

Vue d'ensemble :

Synonymes

Cicatrix.

Definition/Description

Repair process of skin and/or subcutaneous tissue following injury.

Special

Striae distensae (also known as stretch marks of pregnancy).

Localization

Depends on etiology.


Mucosa.

Cours

May develop into hypertrophic scar or keloid.


They are persistent.

Comment / Explanation

Scars can be atrophic or hypertrophic.


Keloid is a scar, which proliferates beyond the bounds of the initial injury.


Spontaneous keloids develop without trauma.


Sclerosis is the result of spontaneous connective tissue proliferation (as in scleroderma).


Mucosa: Synechia or symblepharon.


Mutilation in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

Typical Dermatoses

Surgical scars.


Burn scars.


Healed venous leg ulcers.


Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

Pathophysiology

Final result after wound healing or deep cutaneous inflammation.

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