title: Covert self-mutilation of oral tissues and skin by mechanical and chemical means.
abstract: A case is presented in which a patient performed persistent covert acts of self-mutilation through mechanical and chemical means. The lesions first involved the oral mucosa and then the skin and were misinterpreted as erythema multiforme and pyoderma gangrenosum, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Westmead Hospital Dental Clinical School, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000175:diagnosis; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis