A Psycho-Cutaneous Disorder: Dermatitis Artefacta

Dermatitis artefacta is a psycho-cutaneous disorder that is commonly associated with mood and anxiety disorders. The morphology of lesions may call to mind violence exposure. Studies have shown preponderance of female, and frequency of the disease among main psycho-cutaneous disorders is about 6-7%. Emergency physicians frequently encountered with many lesions that need differential diagnosis. Dermatitis artefacta is one of them and often it is a challenge for clinicians, because it is relatively rare disease with vague history, bizarre and polymorphic morphology. We, hereby, report a case of acute onset cutaneous reactions that later was diagnosed as Dermatitis artefacta.