Delusional parasitosis in neurological patients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-299

  Ramirez Bermudez, Jesus ^a   Espinola Nadurille, Mariana ^a   Loza Taylor, Narda ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Delusional parasitosis; Dementia; Ekbom syndrome; Neurocysticercosis; Neuropsychiatry

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CITALOPRAM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; PERPHENAZINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELUSIONAL PARASITOSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 77952321045     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Berrios G.E. Delusional parasitosis and physical disease. Compr Psychiatry 1985, 26:395-402.
2. Trabert W. 100 years of delusional parasitosis. Meta-analysis of 1,223 case reports. Psychopathology 1995, 28:238-246.
3. Lepping P., Russell I., Freudenmann R.W. Antipsychotic treatment of primary delusional parasitosis: systematic review. Br J Psychiatry 2007, 191:198-205.
4. Del Brutto O.H., Rajshekhar V., White A.C., Tsang V.C., Nash T.E., Takayanagui O.M., et al. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 2001, 57:177-183.
5. Kiernan R.J., Mueller J., Langston J.W., Van Dyke C. The Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination: a brief but differentiated approach to cognitive assessment. Ann Intern Med 1987, 107:481-485.
6. O' Keeffe S.T. Delusions of infestation during delirium in a patient with restless legs syndrome. J Geriatr Psychiat Neurol 1995, 8:120-122.
7. Ganner H., Lorenzi E. Der dermatozoenwahn. Psychiatria Clinica 1975, 8:31-44.
8. Renvoize E. Delusional infestation and dementia: a case report. Br J Psychiatry 1986, 150:403-405.
9. Morris M. Delusional infestation. Br J Psychiatry 1991, 14:83-87.
10. Lyell A. Delusions of parasitosis. Br J Dermatol 1983, 108:485-499.
11. Marneros A., Deister A., Rohde A. Delusional Parasitosis. A comparative study to late-onset schizophrenia and organic mental disorders due to cerebral arteriosclerosis. Psychopathology 1988, 21:267-274.
12. Sugahara H., Otani Y., Sakamoto M. Delusional parasitosis accompanied by word deafness due to cerebral infarction: folie à deux. Psychosomatics 2000, 41:447-448.
13. Kumbier E., Kornhuber M. Delusional ectoparasitic infestation in multiple system atrophy. Nervenarzt 2002, 73:380-383.
14. Trabert W. Dermatozoon delusion in hypoparathyroidism - reflections on the genesis of delusions. Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol 1985, 37:648-655.
15. May W., Terpenning M. Delusional parasitosis in geriatric patients. Psychosomatics 1991, 32:88-93.
16. Gallucci G., Beard G. Risperidone and the treatment of delusions of parasitosis in an elderly patient. Psychosomatics 1995, 36:578-580.
17. Reilly T., Batchelor D. The presentation and treatment of delusional parasitosis: a dermatological perspective. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1986, 1:340-353.
18. Ekbom K.A. Der presenile Dermatozoenwahn. Acta Psychiatrica et Neurologica Scandinavica 1938, 13:227-259.
19. Hopkinson G. Delusions of infestation. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1970, 46:111-119.
20. Anderson S.W., Damasio H., Damasio A.R. A neural basis for collecting behavior in humans. Brain 2005, 128:201-212.
21. Huber M., Kirchler E., Karner M., Pycha R. Delusional parasitosis and the dopamine transporter. A new insight of etiology. Med Hypotheses 2007, 68:1351-1358.
22. Huber M., Karner M., Kirchler E., Lepping P., Freudenmann R.W. Striatal lesions in delusional parasitosis revealed by magnetic resonance imaging. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2008, 32:1967-1971.
23. Aw D.C.W., Thong J.Y., Chan H.L. Delusional Parasitosis: case series of 8 patients and review of the literature. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2004, 33:89-94.
24. Le L., Gonski P.N. Delusional parasitosis mimicking cutaneous infestation in elderly patients. Med J Aust 2003, 179:209-210.
25. Sherman M.D., Holland G.N., Holsclaw D.S., Weisz J.M., Omar O.H., Sherman R.A. Delusions of ocular parasitosis. Am J Ophthalmol 1998, 125:852-856.
26. Trager M.J., Hwang T.N., McCulley T.J. Delusions of parasitosis of the eyelids. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2008, 24:317-319.
27. Slaughter J.R., Zanol K., Rezvani H., Flax J. Psychogenic parasitosis. Psychosomatics 1998, 39:491-500.
28. Ghaffari-Nejad A., Toofani K. Delusion of oral parasitosis in a patient with major depressive disorder. Arch Iran Med 2006, 9:76-77.
29. Kanazawa A., Hata T. Coexistence of the Ekbom syndrome and lilliputian hallucination. Psychopathology 1992, 25:209-211.
30. Freudenmann R.W.A. Case of delusional parasitosis in severe heart failure. Olanzapine within the framework of a multimodal therapy. Nervenarzt 2003, 74:591-595.
31. Ramirez-Bermudez J., Higuera J., Sosa A.L., Lopez-Meza E., Lopez-Gomez M., Corona T. Is dementia reversible in patients with neurocysticercosis?. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005, 76:1164-1166.
32. Sizaret P., Simon J.P. Ectoparasites delusions in old age (Ekbom syndrome). Encephale 1976, 2:165-175.
33. Berrios G.E. Tactile hallucinations: conceptual and historical aspects. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1982, 45:285-293.
34. Prakash R., Gandotra S., Singh L.K., Das B., Lakra A. Rapid resolution of delusional parasitosis in pellagra with niacin augmentation therapy. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2008, 30:581-584.
35. Even C., Goeb J.L., Dardennes R. Bipolar Affective disorder and Ekbom syndrome: apropos of a case. Encephale 1997, 23:397-399.
36. Mahler C., MacQueen G., Samaan Z. A postmenopausal woman presenting with Ekbom syndrome associated with recurrent depressive disorder: a case report. Cases Journal 2008, 1:54.