Nine-Month-Old Patient With Bilateral Earlobe Keloids abstract

Keloid disorder (KD) is a fibroproliferative ailment of the cutaneous connective tissue secondary to dysregulation in various skin repair and healing processes. This disorder is characterized by excess collagen and/or glycoprotein depositions in the dermis. Age of onset of KD is not well documented. Based on clinical observations, various authors have reported the onset of KD to be between the ages of 10 and 30 years. We report on an African American female who developed bilateral auricular keloids at the age of 9 months. To our knowledge, this is the youngest age at which a patient has been documented to have developed KD. Pediatrics 2013;131:e313–e317 AUTHORS: Michael H. Tirgan, MD,a Christopher M. Shutty, DO,b and Tae Hwan Park, MDc aKeloid Research Foundation, New York, New York; bDepartment of Pathology, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York; and cDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea