Self-inoculation with milk as a cause of recurrent cellulitis.
A 21-year-old patient had six admissions to hospital for recurrent cellulitis over a 6-month period. She underwent extensive investigations, which failed to reveal any underlying predisposing factors. On the final admission she admitted to injecting herself subcutaneously with milk to induce the lesion. Self-inoculation with foreign material must be considered in patients presenting with recurrent cellulitis.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008892:Milk; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome; D012008:Recurrence; D012867:Skin