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cord-297400-l8fhy1hu	Adebanjo, Ganiyat Adenike Ralitsa	A case of dermatitis artefacta during a pandemic	2020-08-26		.txt	text/plain	820	48	47	A 68-year-old woman, who had been affected by mood and anxiety disorders for many years, presented during the COVID-19 lockdown period with self-inflicted skin lesions on several part of the body. There is a plethora of skin lesions which may be associated to dermatitis artefacta and they are often endowed with non-specific pathophysiological findings 5 as in the case of our patient. On the other hand, dermatitis artefacta is usually associated to lesions which are heterogeneous in appearance and that are produced to fulfill a subconscious need to be seen as vulnerable 9 : in this case the pruritus is a consequence of the disease and not a preceding factor. We decided to report this case because in this patient dermatitis artefacta seems to be related to and appeared in coincidence with the COVID-19 emergency and lockdown.	./cache/cord-297400-l8fhy1hu.txt	./txt/cord-297400-l8fhy1hu.txt