Dement Neurocogn Disord.  2019 Dec;18(4):149-151. 10.12779/dnd.2019.18.4.149.

Delusional Parasitosis in a Patient with an Infarction in the Territory of the Right Posterior Cerebral Artery

• Yoon TH
• Ahn TB

• KMID: 2466758
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12779/dnd.2019.18.4.149

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Delusional Parasitosis*
Delusions*
Humans
Infarction*
Posterior Cerebral Artery*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Brain magnetic resonance imaging. Fluid attenuated inversion recovery images show an infarction in the territory of the right posterior cerebral artery.

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