Factitial dermatitis
Description
neurotic excoriation: a condition in which patients produce skin lesions through repetitive, compulsive excoriation of their skin.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_FACTITIALDERMAT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L981, ICD-9: 6984A, ICD-8: 6984 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L981, ICD-9: 6984A, ICD-8: 6984 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 42 | 32 | 10 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 47.86 | 46.4 | 52.56 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 30.95 | 28.13 | 40.0 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 4.76 | 6.25 | 0.0 |