title: [Factitious torpid skin ulcers. New concepts and classification of chronic factitious disorders].
abstract: Chronic factitious disorders are diseases diagnosed after the discarding of organic causes. There are determined diagnostic data which may be suspicious: multiple hospitalization, submission to many invasive techniques and personal situations motivating simulation. The case of a 34 year old woman presenting a factitious disorder with dermal ulcers, subcutaneous abscesses and simulation of hematuria is described. An analysis of the concept and classification of this clinical picture is made. Following diagnostic suspicion, a search for objects or substances with which the patient was able to make the lesions was required to determine the appropriate therapy.
authors: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Salgado Nevado
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Mendoza Torres
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Moriñigo Domínguez
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Manzanares Torné
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Grilo Reina
authors: F
authors: F
authors: García-Bragado Dalmau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Ulceras cutáneas tórpidas facticias. Nuevos conceptos y clasificación de los trastornos facticios crónicos.