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Case Reports
. 2012 May;3(2):141-3.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.96720.

Dermatitis artefacta

M Kumaresan  1 , Reena Rai, Anju Raj
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Case Reports

Dermatitis artefacta

M Kumaresan et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2012 May.

Abstract

Dermatitis artefacta (DA) is a psychocutaneous disorder where the skin lesions are self self-induced to satisfy an unconscious psychological or emotional need. We report a case of DA where we video recorded the patient self-inducing the lesions.

Keywords: Dermatitis artefacta; factitious; psychocutaneous.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Linear erosions over the face
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Figure 2
Multiple, linear, healed erosions over the forearm
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