What is the treatment of keloid?
Usually palliative, consisting of the continuous application of an ointment such as the following:—
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An ointment of ichthyol, twenty-five per cent. strength, rubbed in once or twice daily, is sometimes beneficial.
Operative measures, such as punctate and linear scarification, electrolysis and excision, are occasionally practised, but the results are rarely satisfactory and permanent; not infrequently, indeed, renewed activity in the progress of the growth is noted to follow. The x-ray can be tried with some hope of improvement. The administration of thyroid has been thought to have a possible influence in some instances.
Fibroma.
(Synonyms: Molluscum Fibrosum; Fibroma Molluscum.)
What do you understand by fibroma?
Fibroma is a connective-tissue new growth characterized by one or more sessile or pedunculated, pea- to egg-sized or larger, soft or firm, rounded, painless tumors, seated beneath and in the skin.
Describe the clinical appearances of fibroma.