Table 3.
Amount of KC in the Toluidine Blue– and Eosin-stained Keloid and Control Skin Tissues
Case | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control skin | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Keloid center* | + | + | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | + | ++ |
The amount of KC was quantified semi-subjectively as none (−), little but present (+), moderate (++), and abundant (+++).