Occupational dermatitis artefacta
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Occupational dermatitis artefacta
Abstract
Nine cases of disease malingering with skin lesions attributed by the patients to occupational factors are reported. History and morphology of the lesions provided sufficient grounds for the diagnosis of occupational dermatitis arterfacta. Four out of nine patients admitted to having produced these artefacts.
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