title: Somatization disorder, a cause of difficult pain: a case report.
abstract: Presented is a case report of a 55-year-old man with a suspected diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy who was referred for pain management to the pain and palliative care clinic. A diagnosis of pain originating from a malignancy was later ruled out. The patient was referred for psychiatric evaluation, where his pain symptoms were confirmed to be somatoform in origin. This case highlights the importance of ruling out somatization as the cause of symptoms in difficult pain patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*