A case with fear of emitting body odour resulted in successful treatment with clomipramine.
A patient with fear of emitting body odour of about 20 years' duration is reported. The patient was improved with clomipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. Generally in Japan, he would be classified as having anthropophobia. However, according to the criteria advocated by Munro and Chmara (1982), he could be classified as having monosymptomatic hypochondriasis (MH). There are some reports that antidepressants have been effective in patients with either anthropophobia or MH. Therefore, a subgroup of patients which respond to antidepressants may exist in these disorders.
Kizu
A
A
Hakodate Watanabe Hospital, Japan.
Miyoshi
N
N
Yoshida
Y
Y
Miyagishi
T
T
D000328:Adult; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009812:Odorants
D002997:Clomipramine