Presensación de un caso de síndrome de Ekbom

Authors

  • Jose Alejandro Valdevila Figueira
  • Leonides Laguna Salvia

Abstract

Se presentó un paciente de 42 años de edad con delirios de dermatozoos y otras alteraciones cognoscitivas de curso crónico que evidencian marcada desestructuración de la personalidad con funcionamiento psicótico. Se le realizaron exámenes dermatológicos y análisis anatomopatológicos de las lesiones y se diagnóstico como un síndrome de Ekbom.

Palabras clave: parasitosis delirante, síndrome de Ekbom.


ABSTRACT

A 42- year- old male patient with delusional parasitosis and other cognitive disorders was presented in this paper. Several clinical manifestations were observed such as broken personality and psychotic functioning. Dermatological examinations were done, as well as, pathological ones. The results showed that the patient presented Ekbom syndrome.

Key words: delusional parasitosis, Ekbom syndrome.

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Published

2012-07-23

How to Cite

1.
Valdevila Figueira JA, Laguna Salvia L. Presensación de un caso de síndrome de Ekbom. CCM [Internet]. 2012 Jul. 23 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];16(2). Available from: https://revcocmed.sld.cu/index.php/cocmed/article/view/510

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2012)

Section

PRESENTACIÓN DE CASOS

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