Cicatrix.
2.9 Scar
Sinónimos
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.
Course
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.