Two Cases of Gastrointestinal Delusional Parasitosis Presenting as Folie á Deux

Delusional parasitosis is a psychiatric illness in which patients believe that they are infested by parasites without any evidence to support this belief. Cases typically involve cutaneous manifestations. We present 2 cases of gastrointestinal delusional parasitosis, with one unfortunate fatal outco...

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Autores principales: Tabbalat, Rinad Ramzi, Cal, Nicolas Vital, Mayigegowda, Kavya Kelagere, Desilets, David John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6791610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31737714
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000183
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author Tabbalat, Rinad Ramzi
Cal, Nicolas Vital
Mayigegowda, Kavya Kelagere
Desilets, David John
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description Delusional parasitosis is a psychiatric illness in which patients believe that they are infested by parasites without any evidence to support this belief. Cases typically involve cutaneous manifestations. We present 2 cases of gastrointestinal delusional parasitosis, with one unfortunate fatal outcome. Our main goal is to highlight the importance of early recognition of this disease to facilitate appropriate management. Delusional infestation is considered a somatic delusional disorder, and first-line treatment involves the use of atypical antipsychotics, as recommended by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition.
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spelling pubmed-67916102019-11-15 Two Cases of Gastrointestinal Delusional Parasitosis Presenting as Folie á Deux Tabbalat, Rinad Ramzi Cal, Nicolas Vital Mayigegowda, Kavya Kelagere Desilets, David John ACG Case Rep J Case Report Delusional parasitosis is a psychiatric illness in which patients believe that they are infested by parasites without any evidence to support this belief. Cases typically involve cutaneous manifestations. We present 2 cases of gastrointestinal delusional parasitosis, with one unfortunate fatal outcome. Our main goal is to highlight the importance of early recognition of this disease to facilitate appropriate management. Delusional infestation is considered a somatic delusional disorder, and first-line treatment involves the use of atypical antipsychotics, as recommended by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition. Wolters Kluwer 2019-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6791610/ /pubmed/31737714 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000183 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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