Globus hystericus-a psychosomatic disease?
Twenty patients with a chief complaint of a lump in the throat, were examined otolacyngologically, radiographically, and psychiatrically with special attention directed to psychosomatic aspects. The control material consisted of matched sample persons of the general population, and of the total patient material treated at a general hospital.
D000328:Adult; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010556:Personality Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography