Concept information
Preferred term
Delusional Parasitosis
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- A delusional disorder of belief in infestation by insects or other parasites. This FORMICATION is typically accompanied by dermatological manifestation such as PRURITUS that may lead to self-mutilation in order to remove the perceived parasites. It can be either primary or secondary to a somatic or psychiatric condition.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Delusory Parasitosis
- Dermatozoic Delusion
- Ekbom Delusional Parasitosis
- Ekbom Delusory Parasitosis
- Ekbom Dermatozoic Delusion
- Ekbom Psychogenic Parasitosis
- Psychogenic Parasitosis
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemically induced (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- complications (Qualifier)
- diagnosis (Qualifier)
- diagnostic imaging (Qualifier)
- diet therapy (Qualifier)
- drug therapy (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- epidemiology (Qualifier)
- ethnology (Qualifier)
- etiology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiopathology (Qualifier)
- prevention & control (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- rehabilitation (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- therapy (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Délire d'infestation cutanée
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Délire d'infestation parasitaire
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Délire de parasitose
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Délire dermatozoïque
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Délire dermatozoïque d'Ekbom
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Parasitose délirante d'Ekbom
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Syndrome d'Ekbom
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HV4DTW9J-5
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