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Diego Fernando Alarcón Ariza1, Laura Cristina Zambrano Jerez1, Carlos Enrique Ramírez Rivero1
1Programa de Cirugía Plástica, Estética y Reconstructiva, Hospital Universitario de Santander, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.
Introduction:
Shared paranoid disorder is characterised by the development of psychotic symptoms in people who have a close affective bond with a subject suffering from a mental disorder. This case is the first case of burn injuries reported in the context of this disorder.
Case:
We describe a young couple, with a similar pattern of burns caused by contact with a griddle. The injuries are the result of the aggression caused by a relative of one of them, who presented psychotic symptoms, related to the previously undiagnosed spectrum of schizophrenia.
Conclusions:
The impact of this condition encompasses social, physical and psychological components, requiring multidisciplinary management and a high index of diagnostic suspicion.
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