Diagnosis: Dermatitis artefacta
Description: Linear ulcer
Morphology: Ulcer
Site: Back
Sex: M
Age: 61
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential Diagnosis
History:
These images illustrate the many faces of dermatitis artefacta.Self induced injury can simulate almost any morphology.The unilateral vulval ulceration would pass for chronic herpes simplex.