Somatoform pain disorder in a case of Klinefelter's syndrome with multiply operated lower back.
We report a case of Klinefelter's syndrome with multiply operated low back (MOB). Psychological and/or psychosocial problems related to MOB have been of recent interest in the field of orthopedic surgery. Based on psychiatric interviews, this case was diagnosed as a somatoform pain disorder of the DSM-III-R somatoform disorders. In addition to psychological problems, the pain was partly explicable by severe osteoporosis, which was prematurely caused by endocrinological disturbances associated with Klinefelter's syndrome. Patients with this syndrome are more likely to develop severe osteoporosis. In the presenile period of Klinefelter's syndrome with severe osteoporosis, liaison psychiatrists may pay attention to somatoform disorders (e.g. somatoform pain disorder and conversion disorder) linked with the MO.
Akimoto
M
M
Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan.
Fukunishi
I
I
Sakata
M
M
Sato
M
M
Saito
Y
Y
Aota
Y
Y
Yamada
T
T
Sasaki
K
K
D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007713:Klinefelter Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D012392:Rorschach Test; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery