Chakraborty Suddhendu, Sanyal Debasish
Department of Psychiatry, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2011 Jan;20(1):58-60. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.98419.
Koro is a culture-bound syndrome that is characterized by the belief of retraction of genitals into the abdomen. It was initially reported in Asian countries, as having a usual acute and brief course. Two case clusters have been described in this article. Both occurred in the same jute mill in southern West Bengal among the workers. The case clusters depict unique socioeconomic factors and interesting health-seeking behavior toward koro. All the cases had a self-limiting course and reasonably good outcome. The case cluster yet again confirms that koro is not as rare as it is thought of and social and economic factors continue to play an important role in the etiology of the disease.
缩阳症是一种文化相关综合征，其特征是相信生殖器会缩进腹部。它最初在亚洲国家被报道，通常病程急性且短暂。本文描述了两个病例群。两者都发生在西孟加拉邦南部同一黄麻厂的工人中。这些病例群描绘了独特的社会经济因素以及针对缩阳症有趣的求医行为。所有病例都有自限性病程且预后相当良好。该病例群再次证实缩阳症并非像人们认为的那样罕见，社会和经济因素在该病的病因中继续发挥重要作用。
