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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Dermatitis artefacta
Introduction

Skin lesion, caused by the patient itself.

Clinical signs
  • location: anywhere, ofter whithin reach of the patient
  • atypical blisters, ulcers, nodules etc.
Pictures

Artificial dermatitis, abdomen (rectangular shape of the lesion) Dermatitis artefacta, Clinical picture (705)

Histology

Histological picture is variable. Sometimes foreign bodies can be found. Generally the findings do not correspond to any common dermatosis and often there is clinical suspicion.