Cancer presenting as the delusion of cancer.
A patient who was referred from ENT to psychiatry because of the delusion of cancer of the neck was found to have a subclinical well encapsulated bronchogenic carcinoma. This case emphasizes the need to carefully assess even the most unusual of chief complaints.
D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000523:psychology; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000523:psychology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy