title: [Delusion of parasitosis due to Wegener's granulomatosis].
abstract: A delusion of parasitosis can be idiopathic or due to different somatic or psychiatric disorders. We report on a 48-year-old man who suffered from imagined animals in his nose. A somatic cause could not be found so that we diagnosed an idiopathic delusion of parasitosis. Later, Wegener's granulomatosis, a rare form of autoimmune induced vasculitis, was diagnosed. It was treated successfully with immunosuppressiva. The psychotic symptoms which remitted under risperidone did not return after finishing the neuroleptic medication.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychiatrie, Schlosspark-Klinik, Berlin. dirk.schmoll@arcor.de
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmoll
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003702:Delusions / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000502:physiology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D018967:Risperidone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D018967:Risperidone