title: Factitious skin lesions in a mother and two sons.
abstract: A family is described in which a woman, probably in a state of 'hysterical conversion', produced factitious lesions in her own skin (dermatitis artefacta) and in the skin of two sons (child abuse). Non-accidental injury to a child's skin may form part of a spectrum of skin artefacts in the parent.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D003291:Conversion Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*