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Delusional parasitosis mimicking cutaneous infestation in elderly patients
Author(s) -
Le Linda,
Gonski Peter N
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05503.x
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , family medicine , computer science
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 18 August 2003 179 4 209-210 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2003 www.mja.com.au Lessons from practice insects as 4 cm long, black and white bugs with beaks, which peck at his legs, causing wounds. He often felt a sharp stinging sensatio heralding their presence. He also had burning pain in both legs be the knees. He had had his house fumigated twice in the previous ye and put various chemicals across his doorways and bed to ward off bugs. He described no other hallucinations or delusions. He was not using any regular medications and had never been a