Interesting case today -- and sad. Delusional parasitosis can be very difficult to treat and can be debilitating for patients. There is a role for consult liason psychiatry and newer generation antipsychotics (see review here).
An interesting case report of IATROGENIC delusional parasitosis (i.e. patient believed she had infestation because her doctors told her she did) is here.
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