Koro: the genital retraction symptom after stroke.
The complete Koro complex in an elderly male Briton was associated with psychotic depression following a non-dominant temporoparietal stroke. As Koro lacks both cultural and diagnostic specificity, it would be more appropriately renamed the genital retraction symptom.
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Department of Psychiatry, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.
D000368:Aged; D001009:Anxiety, Castration / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*