Fregoli syndrome

Evidence-based neurology checklist on fregoli syndrome: Clinical features This is the delusion that a stranger is a familiar person in disguise The affected subject may react violently It may manifest on social media Pathology Possible co-existing delusions Causes

Clinical features

  • This is the delusion that a stranger is a familiar person in disguise
  • The affected subject may react violently
  • It may manifest on social media

Pathology

Possible co-existing delusions

Causes

References

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  5. Joseph AB. Bitemporal atrophy in a patient with Fregoli syndrome, syndrome of intermetamorphosis, and reduplicative paramnesia. Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:146-147.
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