A review of recent case reports of cenesthopathy in Japan.
Idiopathic abnormal bodily sensations, or cenesthesic symptoms, are exhibited in a wide variety of mental illnesses. In Japan, patients with abnormal bodily sensations are often diagnosed with cenesthopathy. This study reviewed recent case reports of cenesthopathy. Of the 100 identified cases, young patients were more commonly men with predominant bodily cenesthesic symptoms, while older patients (≥40 years) were more commonly women with cenesthesic symptoms restricted to the oral cavity (oral cenesthopathy).
Department of Psychiatry, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.
Tohru
T
Takahashi
Tomonori
T
Fuke
Shinsuke
S
Washizuka
Tokiji
T
Hanihara
Naoji
N
Amano
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
cenesthesia; cenesthopathy; delusional disorder; somatoform disorder