Postherpetic neuralgia presenting as delusional parasitosis: A case series

Postherpetic neuralgia presenting as delusional parasitosis: A case series

Delusional parasitosis (DP) or Ekbom's disease is a rare psychiatric condition where the sufferers have a firm-fixed belief of insects crawling over their skin. The condition may be primary monosymptomatic hypochrondrical delusion or secondary to an underlying psychiatric or organic condition....

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Main Authors: Shailendra Mohan Tripathi, Priti Singh, Nisha Mani Pandey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Subjects:
Delusional parasitosis
Ekbom's syndrome
postherpetic neuralgia
Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=3;spage=347;epage=349;aulast=Tripathi

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