Open AccessEkbom Syndrome Occurring with Multi Infarct Dementia
Author(s) -
M S Bhatia,
Priyanka Gautam,
Jaswinder Kaur
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12584.5851
Subject(s) - putamen , basal ganglia , delusion , neuroimaging , organic brain syndrome , medicine , risperidone , dementia , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , neuroscience , psychiatry , pathology , disease , central nervous system
Ekbom Syndrome is characterized by delusion that small living being infests skin. The clinical profile of this disorder has shown it to be associated with organic conditions. Neuroimaging studies implicate putamen as the brain structure involved in the pathophysiology. These are also known as organic delusional disorder and provide an opportunity to study biological causation of delusional disorder. We report a patient presented with a complaint of insects crawling on her body for last two years. She collected the peeled skin in a jar and claimed that these are insects. CT scan (brain) revealed multiple infarcts involving basal ganglia. She responded to Risperidone 4 mg daily.