Presensación de un caso de síndrome de Ekbom

Se presento un paciente de 42 anos de edad con delirios de dermatozoos y otras alteraciones cognoscitivas de curso cronico que evidencian marcada desestructuracion de la personalidad con funcionamiento psicotico. Se le realizaron examenes dermatologicos y analisis anatomopatologicos de las lesiones y se diagnostico como un sindrome de Ekbom. Palabras clave: parasitosis delirante, sindrome de Ekbom. ABSTRAC T 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.