Uncommon delusion disorder of changed facial expression and dilemma of somatic or sexual subtype
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
A dermatologist may encounter a patient with somatic delusional disorder. Here, we report a case of an uncommon delusional disorder who had delusion of changed facial expression, who initially presented to a dermatologist and had a diagnostic dilemma of somatic or sexual subtype. The collaboration care approach was adopted in management resulting in a good outcome. Keywords: Somatic delusion, Sexual delusion, Delusional disorder, Delusion of facial expression.
Authors and Affiliations
Dushad Ram, Vinay Kumar, Sudharani P Naik, Arun Kumar
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