Dermatology and conditions related to obsessive-compulsive disorder

A 12-month-old boy with a localized verrucous tumor

“…Patients suffering from bulimia nervosa often show padlike lesions located on the proximal basic joints of the hands due to pressure effects of teeth during forced vomiting [6,7].…”

Clinical Picture of Self-Inflicted Skin Lesions

“…In general, patients are willing to acknowledge their part in creation of the lesions. Most often, these patients present a personality with perfectionistic and compulsive traits, obsessive-compulsive disorder or depression [Fruensgaard, 1984;Gupta et al, 1987;Haenel et al, 1984;Stein and Hollander, 1992]. Psychosocial stressors have been reported to proceed development of neurotic excoriations in 30-98% of the patients [Fruensgaard, 1984;Gupta et al, 1987;Parsad and Saini, 1997].…”

Paroxetine in a Case of Psychogenic Pruritus and Neurotic Excoriations

“…Increased sensory epidermal innervation has been demonstrated in chronically scratched skin [5]. The patient can be predisposed to compulsive and self-mutilating behavior by several psychiatric disorders such as borderline personality disorder as an expression of rage, frustration or feelings of emptiness; obsessivecompulsive personality disorder in response to uncontrolled compulsive acts [6][7][8] or delusional disorders associated with the belief of a parasitic infestation [9][10][11]. Often itch, as other dermatologic symptoms, is associated with an underlying depressive disorder.…”