Clinical Case: Earlobe Keloid

Earlobe keloid is encountered in young adults with different etiologies, with some of them occurring spontaneously and others being secondary to earlobe piercing. In both sexes, the lesions may be limited to the fold or the external canthus or embed the posterior part of the ear. The rate of recurrence is higher than 80% when surgical excision is realized alone and associations of procedures are proposed. They may vary between authors, with some of them proposing excision and radiotherapy and others preferring excision supplemented by postoperative injections of corticosteroids, cryotherapy being also proposed as well as YAG lasers. In this clinical case, 5-FU 50 mg/mL injections were administered every 3 weeks before surgical excision. The patient was followed every month till the 14th month postoperation. The result was good with no recurrence.