An unusual complication of dermatillomania
| Autor: | Amer Hawatmeh, Anas Al-khateeb |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
050103 clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty integumentary system business.industry 05 social sciences Excoriation nutritional and metabolic diseases Skin infection medicine.disease Surgery 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine hemic and lymphatic diseases Bacteremia Tissue damage medicine Psychogenic disease 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Skin-picking business Complication Letter to the Editor Dermatillomania |
| Zdroj: | Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 7:166-168 |
| ISSN: | 2223-4306 2223-4292 |
| DOI: | 10.21037/qims.2016.12.02 |
| Popis: | Dermatillomania or skin picking disorder (sometimes called excoriation disorder, neurotic picking, psychogenic excoriation) is characterized by repetitive skin picking leading to tissue damage. Skin picking may result in significant tissue damage and often leads to medical complications such as localized infections. We present a case of a patient who presented with bacteremia, an extensive workup failed to identify the source of bacteremia. However, skin examination findings helped to identify the source, which was attributed to skin infection secondary to skin picking disorder. |
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