Professional paper

DERMATITIS ARTEFACTA - A LONG WAY FROM THE FIRST CLINICAL SYMPTOMS TO DIAGNOSIS

Wioletta Barańska-Rybak ; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Wiesław Jerzy Cubała ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Dorota Kozicka ; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Małgorzata Sokołowska-Wojdyło ; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Roman Nowicki ; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Jadwiga Roszkiewicz ; Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Abstract

Dermatitis artefacta is a disease that occurs as a result of a self-inflicted injury to the skin. The problem quite often is
undiagnosed for a long time until the clinical look of bizarre skin lesions combined with non-specific histology and normal blood
tests lead to the final identification. This report presents the case of a 62-year-old man who was diagnosed after 10 years of duration
of disease. We discuss the reasons for such behavior and the possibilities of dermatological and general interventions.

Keywords

dermatitis artefacta; skin ulceretions; diagnosis; treatment

Hrčak ID:

76519

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/76519

Publication date:

31.3.2011.

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