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Can intralesional cryotherapy reshape the management of difficult keloid scars?
Charlotte Defty1, Jonathan J Cubitt1, Maxwell Sc Murison1
1Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
Abstract:
Keloid scars are notoriously difficult to treat with very high recurrence rates despite a range of treatment options. We present a case report of a 43-year-old man with a resistant keloid scar on his left ear from a piercing. After 15 years of multimodal treatments including surgery, steroid and 5-fluorourcil injections, the keloid persisted. It has responded very well to a single treatment of intralesional cryotherapy (trademark: CryoShape, Etgar Group International Ltd). The authors would now consider intralesional cryotherapy as a useful tool in their armamentarium for prominent, resistant or recurrent keloids. Future experience will guide its clinical applications.
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