Self-inflicted dermatoses: case report and review
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https://doi.org/10.51987/Rev.Hosp.Ital.B.Aires.v38i2.579Keywords:
somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, medically unexplained syndrome, mental disordersAbstract
Self-inflicted dermatoses are a frequent cause for consultation and represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. They are characterized by the conscious or unconscious self-generation of cutaneous lesions in the context of complex psychiatric disorders. We report the case of a patient who consulted at the dermatology department with two months history of irregular and superinfected ulcers located on the face. This case represented a diagnostic difficulty since only from an exhaustive interrogation and complementary examinations, which ruled out other pathologies, we arrived at the diagnosis of self-inflicted ulcers in the context of psychiatric pathology that required interdisciplinary management
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