Talbieh Psychiatric Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Behav Neurol. 1991;4(1):1-13. doi: 10.3233/BEN-1991-4101.
The koro syndrome is a triad of deep-seated fear of penile shrinkage, its disappearance into the abdomen and consequent death. The disorder, which is considered culture related, is endemic in South-East Asia and China, where it occurs in both epidemic and sporadic form. In the western hemisphere single cases are occasionally encountered. The association with psychiatric pathology in sporadic cases of koro has been well described, but lately attention has been drawn to systemic or neurologic involvement in these patients. The clinical, historical and cultural features of koro, as well as therapeutic strategies, are discussed.
缩阳症是一种三联征，包括对阴茎收缩、其消失入腹部和随之而来的死亡的深层恐惧。这种被认为与文化有关的疾病在东南亚和中国流行，以流行和散发两种形式存在。在西半球偶尔也会出现散发病例。散发性缩阳症与精神病理学的关联已有很好的描述，但最近人们开始关注这些患者的系统性或神经系统受累。本文讨论了缩阳症的临床、历史和文化特征以及治疗策略。
