General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 210-212, March 2010

Iatrogenic delusional parasitosis: a case of physician–patient folie a deux

  • Jessica E. Bury, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
    • ,
  • J. Michael Bostwick, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 507 284 3789.

Received 7 September 2009; accepted 30 September 2009. published online 30 October 2009.

Abstract 

This report presents a patient incorrectly diagnosed first with parasitic infestation and then with primary delusional parasitosis (DP). Neither diagnosis was correct. As she traveled from doctor to doctor, however, the primary DP label gained credibility via repetition, with her ongoing symptoms seen as proof of its truth.

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PII: S0163-8343(09)00187-X

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.09.013

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 210-212, March 2010

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