Secondary Delusional Infestation in a Male With a History of Polysubstance Use

A 20-year-old man with a history of polysubstance use presented to the ED with a severe pruritic lesion in the left scapular region. Over the past 22 days, he had been compulsively scratching due to delusions of “bugs eating his skin.”

Authors

Osvaldo Melgarejo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-775X)
Iván Barrios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6843-7685)
Júlio Torales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3277-7036)
Marcelo O’Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-0183)
Diana Kunihiro
Nicolás López

Institutions

Instituto Nacional del Agua (AR)
Águas de Portugal (Portugal) (PT)
Universidad Nacional de Asunción (PY)

Publication Details

Journal: The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders
Published: 2025-04-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4088/pcc.24cr03887
Primary Topic: Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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article

Secondary Delusional Infestation in a Male With a History of Polysubstance Use

Osvaldo Melgarejo, Iván Barrios, Júlio Torales, Marcelo O’Higgins et al.

Apr 22, 2025

The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders

Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies

article

Secondary Delusional Infestation in a Male With a History of Polysubstance Use

Osvaldo Melgarejo, Iván Barrios, Júlio Torales, Marcelo O’Higgins, Diana Kunihiro, Nicolás López

April 22, 2025article en

Abstract

A 20-year-old man with a history of polysubstance use presented to the ED with a severe pruritic lesion in the left scapular region. Over the past 22 days, he had been compulsively scratching due to delusions of “bugs eating his skin.”

The Primary Care Companion For CNS DisordersVol. 27(2)

Instituto Nacional del Agua (AR), Águas de Portugal (Portugal) (PT), Universidad Nacional de Asunción (PY)

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