This article focuses on the clinical presentations of selected disorders of the vast group of psychodermatological diseases, most frequently encountered by a practicing dermatologist. Characteristic features of dermatitis artefacta, neurotic excoriations, Munchausen’s syndrome and malingering are described. Case reports and illustrations demonstrate typical localizations and morphology of the lesions pointing at areas important for social/sexual life and situated within easy reach of the patient’s hands.
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