Vincenzo Piccolo, Teresa Russo, Carlo Mazzatenta, Giuseppe Argenziano, Julia Nowowiejska, Mario Cutrone, Markus Danielsson Darlington, Aimilios Lallas, Ramon Grimalt, Andrea Bassi
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Dear Editor, Dermatitis artefacta (DA) is a condition on the border of psychiatry and dermatology, characterized by patients intentionally causing skin lesions to pretend that they are ill. DA is a very challenging entity to diagnose, as it can mimic many other disorders and is usually recognized only after exclusion of all other diseases. Herein, we report 3 cases of a novel cutaneous condition that could fall into the spectrum of DA. [...].
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