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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

scar factitial dermatitis

Body Site

anus

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

light

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Comments

This adolescent girl had a history or sexual abuse and was depressed at the time she presented with old scars and new necrotic eschars. Further evaluation revealed that she was inducing the skin lesions with acid obtained at a local doctor's office.

Description

well demarcated atrophic pink scar

Categories

factitial / self Induced disorders / psychodermatosis

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2/15/2001 21:53:00

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