Kyrle’s Disease in a Patient with Delusions of Parasitosis

Abstract

Acquired perforating disorders are a group of uncommon skin conditions characterized by transepidermal extrusion of altered dermal material, most often associated with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney failure. Delusional parasitosis is a primary psychiatric disorder in which affected patients have fixed, false beliefs that their skin is infested by parasites, in the absence of any evidence supporting their statements.

Keywords

• kyrle’s disease
• delusional parasitosis
• psychiatric disorder
• pruritus
• morgellons disease