title: Apropos of an Olfactory Reference Syndrome case.
abstract: Olfactory Reference Syndrome (ORS) is one of the varieties of the somatic type of the Delusional Disorder, and it is characterized by the mistaken statement of a patient who declares the issuance of a foul odor coming from his own body and that others may notice. In the upcoming edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) it has been proposed to break off ORS as an independent pathology. From an illustrative case report, we review the relevant literature and discuss this proposal.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Honorio Delgado, Hideyo Noguchi, Lima, Perú. lizardo_cruzado@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Lizardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cruzado
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cáceres-Taco
authors.forename: Jesús R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Calizaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012903:Smell; D013577:Syndrome