Dermatitis artefacta: A diagnostic dilemma

Dermatitis artefacta (DA) is a rare psychological disorder in which patients self-inflict cutaneous lesions to satisfy an emotional need. Here, we describe a case of DA initially misdiagnosed as pemphigus. This case represents the importance of the timely recognition and treatment of DA to prevent i...

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Autores principales: Singh, Surender, Chikhalkar, Siddhi, Kabbannavar, Yallappa R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37485414
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_54_23
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description Dermatitis artefacta (DA) is a rare psychological disorder in which patients self-inflict cutaneous lesions to satisfy an emotional need. Here, we describe a case of DA initially misdiagnosed as pemphigus. This case represents the importance of the timely recognition and treatment of DA to prevent its progression like in our case scarring alopecia.
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spelling pubmed-103588122023-07-21 Dermatitis artefacta: A diagnostic dilemma Singh, Surender Chikhalkar, Siddhi Kabbannavar, Yallappa R. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Dermatitis artefacta (DA) is a rare psychological disorder in which patients self-inflict cutaneous lesions to satisfy an emotional need. Here, we describe a case of DA initially misdiagnosed as pemphigus. This case represents the importance of the timely recognition and treatment of DA to prevent its progression like in our case scarring alopecia. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-06 2023-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10358812/ /pubmed/37485414 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_54_23 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Psychiatry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358812/
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