12. Importance of Epidemiologic Investigations on Keloids
Rei Ogawa, Satoshi Akaishi, Hiko Hyakusoku
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon
Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
There are few epidemiologic investigations on keloids in the world. It
is well known that there is a racial difference in the incidence, and
sometimes keloids are inherited. Moreover, it has been suggested that
there is some kind of relationship between allergic / autoimmune
diseases and keloids. What is more, there are hypotheses such as keloid
patients have a low risk of developing cancer, and
schizophrenia patients have a low risk of developing keloids. These
interesting hypotheses may be verified in large / world wide
epidemiologic investigations on keloids.
