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Phantom bite syndrome was first described by Marbach over 40 years ago as a mono-symptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis. He used the term to describe a prolonged syndrome in which patients report that their ‘bite is wrong’ or that ‘their dental occlusion is abnormal’ with this causing them great difficulties. This strong belief about ‘their bite’ being the source of their problems leads to them demanding, and subsequently getting, various types of dentistry carried out by multiple dentists and ‘specialists’.
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Am J Clin Dermatol
December 2016
Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
In monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis (MHP), such as delusional infestation (DI), the patient has a fixed, false, encapsulated belief associated with tactile hallucinations (TH), most commonly formication, which is defined as cutaneous sensations of crawling, stinging, biting, etc., without evidence of infestation. Drug-induced TH should be considered in patients with suspected MHP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe symptom in the body. Monosymptomatic psychosis and hypochondriasis: A report of two cases.
Actas Esp Psiquiatr
March 2017
Servicio de Psiquiatría, IRYCIS, CIBERSAM, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Delusional parasitosis: a rare cause of pruritus in hemodialysis patients.
Int J Artif Organs
May 2012
Kyanous Stavros Patron Dialysis Unit, Patras - Greece.
Uremic pruritus is a common symptom in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis, but its exact pathogenesis remains rather unclear. However, severe or "intractable" pruritus may be the manifestation of another underlying disease or disorder other than uremia. Delusional parasitosis, or Ekbom syndrome, is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by the false conviction of being infested with parasites, and it can be primary, or secondary to several medical and psychiatric disorders.
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