Abstract:Self-inflicted disorders of wound healing were diagnosed in two women (aged 24 and 25 years) after long years of history. A detailed medical history and the characteristic course helped to confirm the diagnosis. The artificial wounds were an expression of a severe psychic disturbance in both young women. Operative therapy was able to restore the local findings, the basic psychological disorder required a long-term psychotherapeutic treatment to prevent irreversible, partially iatrogenic co-induced somatic muti… Show more
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