title: Exfoliative cheilitis--a factitious disorder?
abstract: Exfoliative cheilitis is an uncommon lip lesion usually of great concern to the patient and quite refractory to treatment. The available literature was surveyed, and 3 cases have been described to illustrate various aspects of the condition. The difficulty of treating such lesions has been discussed, and a proposition put forward that the lesions are of a factitious nature.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000150:complications*