How to Manage Patients with Dermatologic Delusional Disorders (Commentary)

COMMENTARY

Mio Nakamura, MD; John Y.M. Koo, MD

| Disclosures | August 11, 2015

Dermatologic delusional disorders are characterized by a fixed false belief that there are parasites or foreign objects on the skin, which manifest as cutaneous dysesthesia or abnormal sensations of the skin. The most common type of dermatologic delusional disorder is parasitosis, in which patients believe that there are parasites living on their skin. The delusion is associated with a sensation of stinging, biting, or crawling.

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How to Manage Patients with Dermatologic Delusional Disorders

COMMENTARY

Mio Nakamura, MD; John Y.M. Koo, MD

| Disclosures | August 11, 2015

Dermatologic delusional disorders are characterized by a fixed false belief that there are parasites or foreign objects on the skin, which manifest as cutaneous dysesthesia or abnormal sensations of the skin. The most common type of dermatologic delusional disorder is parasitosis, in which patients believe that there are parasites living on their skin. The delusion is associated with a sensation of stinging, biting, or crawling.

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Nanoparticles accelerate and improve healing of burn wounds

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Skin thermal burns are a complex and major source of morbidity, mortality and healthcare expenditure in the United States, with 486,000 patients treated for burn injury each year. Given the range of causes, from fire associated injury to water scalding, patients often present with multiple and complex burns – wounds that often worsen and expand over the first few days do to the associated underlying inflammation and injury. 

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Serum micro RNAs as biomarkers for recurrence in melanoma

Friedman EB, Shang S, Vega-Saenz de Miera E, Fog JU, Teilum MW, Ma MW, Berman RS, Shapiro RL, Pavlick AC, Hernando E, Baker A, Shao Y, Osman I; Journal of Translational Medicine 10 (1), 155 (Aug 2012)

Source: J Transl Med  

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Melanoma 

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