Chapter 12 - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)»Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)»Hypertrophic scar (L91.0)
L91.0
Hypertrophic scar
Related indications (MeSH) (2)
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic30 drugs (17 approved, 13 experimental)
An elevated scar, resembling a KELOID, but which does not spread into surrounding tissues. It is formed by enlargement and overgrowth of cicatricial tissue and regresses spontaneously.
Keloid37 drugs (22 approved, 15 experimental)
A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during connective tissue repair. It is differentiated from a hypertrophic scar (CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC) in that the former does not spread to surrounding tissues.