Keloid from the Nail Matrix after Epiphyseal Cartilage Fracture of Distal Phalanx of a Great Toe: A Case Report

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  • UEHARA Takuya
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Akita Hospital
  • WATANABE Ayako
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Akita Hospital

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  • 母趾末節骨骨端軟骨板骨折後の爪母に生じたケロイドの１例

Abstract

<p> Keloids are red, elevated scars that can develop from wounds because of subsequent dermal inflammation. We report a rare case of keloid formation within the nail mesenchyme of a 13-year-old girl after she sustained an injurious separation of the distal phalanx metaphysis of her toe. The patient was treated conservatively. Twelve months following her injury, she noticed a mass beginning to form within the nail epithelium. The mass was surgically resected 5 months later. The pathological diagnosis was a keloid as no acanthosis or keratosis was observed. Distal phalanx fractures are compound fractures that frequently cause the development of cellulitis and subsequent osteomyelitis, which provide the required conditions for keloid development. The nail mesenchyme comprises two distinct compartments: the hypodermis and matrical dermis. The present case demonstrates keloid development arising from the matrical dermis of the nail mesenchyme after sustaining a compound fracture of the underlying phalanx.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390300058783916544
  • DOI
    10.57414/jjpnprs.44.4_175
  • ISSN
    2758271X
    03894703
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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