Somatic-type delusional disorder is characterized by the development of either a single delusion or a set of related delusions that are not bizarre and cannot be ...TogglenavigationHomeAboutActaDermato-VenereologicaAdvisoryBoardMedicalJournalsSwedenPrivacyPolicyDigitalarchiveEditorsForAuthors/ReviewersForAuthorsSubmitamanuscriptTrackyourmanuscriptInstructionsPatientConsentformOpenAccessPolicyForReviewersManageyourreviewsGuidelinesforreviewersListofreviewersOnlineContentAllissuesavailableonlinePreviewofpapersinthecopy-editingprocessPreviewoffullyacceptedpapers,stillnotpublishedinanyvolumeTestyourskill-QuizArticlesbyCategorySignupfore-mailalertsMeetings/CongressesContactusSubmitamanuscriptTitleAuthorAbstractDOIKeywordContent»Vol91,Issue2LettertotheEditorTweetAbstractPDFSomatic-typeDelusionalDisorder:ACaseReportandCommentsAnnaKepska1,TomaszHawro1,MariaKrupinska-Kun2andAnnaZalewska1*1PsychodermatologyUnit,DepartmentofClinicalImmunologyandMicrobiologyand2DepartmentofAffectiveandPsychoticDisorders,MedicalUniversityofLodz,ul.Pomorska251,92-213Lodz,Poland.*E-mail:[email protected],2010.Somatic-typedelusionaldisorderischaracterizedbythedevelopmentofeitherasingledelusionorasetofrelateddelusionsthatarenotbizarreandcannotbeclassifiedasorganic,schizophrenicoraffective.Thenatureofdelusionsmaybeveryvariable.Affectedindividualstypicallycomplainofinfestation,deformity,personalugliness,exaggeratedsizesofbodyparts,foulbodyodourorhalitosis,andarethusmorelikelytoconsultadermatologistthanapsychiatrist(1,2).Ouraiminpresentingthiscasereportistoprovidetipstodermatologistsonhowtotakecareofpsychiatricpatientswhopersistentlyconsultthem.CASEREPORTA59-year-oldwomanwasadmittedtoourdermatologicalwardbecauseshewasconvincedthatthereweremultiplepurulentskinlesionsonherbackthathadspreadtoherinternalorgans.Shemaintainedthatthesesymptomsfirstappeared7yearspreviously,followingheradmissiontohospitalafteramosquitobite.Thepatientcomplainedofnumerousdisordersduringthepreviousyearsforwh