DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i05.030

Pages: 856-859

Parasitic delirium is a manifestation that can occur in different psychopathological presentations or fit into different somatic pictures. Ekbom syndrome; primary form of parasitic delirium, is an exceptional and non-specific psychiatric disorder that classically interests women of advanced ages and without intellectual deterioration, dermatological manifestations are usually highlighted in search of “evidence in the skin”. The diagnosis is generally made with a delay of psychiatric consultation of one year on average, which sometimes allows the delirium to retreat and specialized care is thus deferred. The management is confronted with the systematic refusal of any "psychiatrization" of the symptoms and the atypical antipsychotics display efficacy and a better tolerance profile.