title: Factitial dermatitis due to the "salt and ice challenge".
abstract: A new source of factitial dermatitis in adolescents is the "salt and ice challenge." This "challenge" causes frostbite on the child's body, resulting in epidermal necrosis with occasional bulla. The following is the case of a 12-year-old girl who underwent the "salt and ice challenge."
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zack
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fults
authors.forename: Harshita
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D007053:Ice; D012965:Sodium Chloride