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D. F. WEAVER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1946;44(2):212-213.

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THE TENDENCY of the skin of Negroes to form keloids following wounds is well known.

The following case is reported, first because it shows the formation of rather large recurring keloids following the simple procedure of piercing the ear lobes for the insertion of ear rings, and second because recurrence was apparently prevented by the use of roentgen rays.

REPORT OF A CASE

A Negro woman aged 33 presented herself at the outpatient department of the Henry Ford Hospital on Feb. 2, 1943. She stated that in 1933 her ear lobes had been pierced for the insertion of ear rings. A suture had been left in

each wound. Four weeks after the operation the suture had been removed and ear rings inserted. Four weeks after insertion of the ear rings bilateral keloids began to form. In 1938 bilateral keloids as large as small black walnuts had been removed. Recurrence . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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