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September 16, 2025European PsychiatryOpen Access

Delusional parasitosis disorder or the Ekbom syndrome, in relation to a case

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LML. Del Canto MartinezCVCristina ValbuenaGCG. Lorenzo Chapatte

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Overview

Clinical case details the diagnosis and treatment of delusional parasitosis, highlighting the role of psychiatric evaluation and differential diagnosis.

Key Points

  • Treatment with atypical antipsychotics significantly improves delusional ideation and associated psychiatric symptoms.
  • The patient experienced cenesthetic hallucinations, leading to a diagnosis of delusional parasitosis, which did not meet criteria for secondary causes.
  • Differential diagnosis included various psychiatric and neurological disorders, establishing the need for comprehensive evaluation.
  • Collaborative efforts by medical professionals were essential in ruling out secondary pathology related to the patient's symptoms.

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Martinez et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4507931b076d99fa57dbahttps://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.2259
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