Open AccessGenital Dermatillomania
Author(s) -
Philip Alexandrov,
Wei Phin Tan,
Lev Elterman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000447195
Subject(s) - medicine , sex organ , penis , disease , dermatology , surgery , general surgery , gynecology , pathology , genetics , biology
Dermatillomania is a rare disease that seldom affects the genitals. Genital dermatillomania has not yet been recognized as a separate entity within the disease. The purpose of the report is to highlight a new facet of dermatillomania and inform urologists that dermatillomania could be a potential reason for genital ulcers. This report documents 2 cases of genital dermatillomania which vary in severity from mild (case 1), where the patient's ulcers healed after extensive counseling, to extremely dire (case 2), where the patient lost his penis after recurring ulcers and multiple reconstructive surgeries. Clinicians should be aware of the characteristics of dermatillomania to ensure that appropriate therapy can be promptly initiated to prevent morbidity.