Diagnosis: Dermatitis artefacta
Description: Excoriations
Morphology: Excoriation
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Sex: M
Age: 45
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ted Rosen
Differential DiagnosisHistory: 45 year-old male, still living with parents, who was convinced that "creatures were crawling" through his skin. The parents joined in a folie au trois, and supported his delusions of parasitosis. He admitted readily to picking the skin in an attempt to "extract the creatures." He was referred for mental health evaluation.