What does “hypertrophic” indicate regarding the patient’s scarring?

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Plastic Surgery Consultation
Patient Name: Michael Turner
ID No. 016-0001
Date of Exam: 1-31-2013
Reason for Consultation: Hypertrophic scarring and keloid formation (pg 130, 4-13), left upper extremity and neck
HPI: 34-year old white male who suffered 25% TBSA full- and partial-thickness flame burns to bilateral upper extremities and neck after tripping and falling into a campfire 4 months ago. Patient was treated with Silvadene dressing changes and allograft with split-thickness grafts to the bilateral upper extremities and neck. The right and left thighs were used as donor sites and were treated with a single layer of petrolatum gauze. The donor sites have healed well. Right upper extremity graft site has healed without sepsis or excessive scarring. Left upper extremity and neck show hypertrophic scarring and keloid formation despite his wearing elastic pressure bandage.
PMH: Unremarkable except for onychomycosis of the toes
FH: Mother, age 68, with melanoma. Father, age 70, with HTN and seborrheic dermatitis
Allergies: NKDA
Medications: Neomycin ointment
Impression: Keloid formation, left upper extremity and neck
Plan: Surgery to correct keloid formation, left upper extremity and neck
Answer the following questions:
Term for the skin graft procedure that the patient was treated with:
Abnormal condition of fungus of a nail:
Inflammation of the skin related to sebum:
(Malignant) tumor composed of black (appears as black under microscopic examination):
What does “hypertrophic” indicate regarding the patient’s scarring?

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