[Ekbom's sydrome and spasmodic torticollis: case report].
The Ekbom's syndrome, also known as delirium of parasitic infestation, acarophobia, delusional parasitosis, psychogenic parasitosis, is a disease of rare occurrence. Generally it is characterized by the firm conviction of the patients to be infected by worms that come out of the skin, usually from the scalp or even from the mouth, from the eyes or from the genital region. Most of the patients are elderly and female, and with frequent social isolation. Some cases are associated with organic diseases as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, cortical lesion, intoxication by medicines. To our knowledge the association between delusional parasitosis with spasmodic torticollis was not described in literature. We report the case of a 72-year-old-woman with delusional parasitosis associated with spasmodic torticollis.
Amancio
Edson José
EJ
Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Lusíadas, Santos, SP, Brasil. edson-amancio@uol.com.br
Peluso
Cássio Morano
CM
Santos
Antônio Carlos Grela
AC
Magalhaes
Catulo César Pestana
CC
Pires
Mara Fernanda Chiari
MF
Pena Dias
Ana Paula
AP
Debs
Fernando Antonio Alvarez
FA
D000368:Aged; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014103:Torticollis / Q000523:psychology*