Life threatening self-mutilation of the nose.
Potentially life threatening self-mutilation of the nose in a patient with a severe passive aggressive character disorder is described. The phenomenological and psychodynamic features of this case are contrasted with those of schizophrenia and factitious dermatoses with similar excoriations.
D000328:Adult; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000293:injuries*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000523:psychology; D010324:Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted