Lasthenie de Ferjol syndrome associated with skin picking disorder.

Harkemanne, Evelyne;De Greef, Axel;Cogan, Elie;Baeck, Marie
(2024) European Journal of Dermatology — Vol. 34, n° 4, p. 434-435 (2024)

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(en) We report two dramatic cases of Lasthenie de Ferjol syndrome, in which severe iron-deficiency anaemia was the result of an extreme form of skin picking disorder belonging to the group of self-induced factitious obsessive-compulsive behaviours.The term “Lasthenie de Ferjol syndrome” was coined by the French haematologist, Jean Bernard, in 1967 to describe a factitious disorder characterized by severe iron-deficiency anaemia secondary to repeated, self-induced clandestine blood spoliations. [...]
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Harkemanne, E., De Greef, A., Cogan, E., & Baeck, M. (2024). Lasthenie de Ferjol syndrome associated with skin picking disorder. European Journal of Dermatology, 34(4), 434-435. https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2024.4725 (Original work published 2024)