Psychiatria pre prax 1/2022

The mystery of yellow hands

Diagnostics of psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence has its own specifics, which puts a greater emphasis on differential diagnostics. By means of case study, we present a case of a 17-year-old adolescent with unusual yellow hands and malnutrition of unclear genesis. Several possible etiological factors and their mutual influence will be pointed out.

Keywords: eating disorders, diagnostics, differential diagnostics