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A case of Koro is described in an elderly person with associated inguinal hernia and schizophrenia. Its aetiology and origin are traced in Chinese culture, to the Chin Dynasty. A nosology for the classification of Koro Syndrome is proposed.
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PMID:Koro and schizophrenia in Singapore. 365 55

Koro is a clinical syndrome characterized by the conviction of penile retraction and fear of inevitable death upon its disappearance into the abdomen. The syndrome is generally considered culture bound, yet an increasing number of sporadic cases were attributed to psychiatric, systemic or neurologic pathology. In the following article, sporadic koro cases associated with paranoid psychosis or schizophrenia have been assembled, indicating that immigration is an important factor in the pathogenesis of the clinical phenomenon. The interplay between psychosis, transculturation and cultural influence affecting koro development is discussed.
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PMID:Transculturation, psychosis and koro symptoms. 876 34

Koro describes a psychopathological phenomenon mainly found in Asia. It is the syndrome of an assumption of male genital shrinking. This idea is rarely described in Western culture. Inspired by a current case report--a patient, suffering from schizophrenia described Koro-like symptoms--we will discuss Koro on the basis of a literature review in its transcultural psychiatric context.
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PMID:[Koro--discussing a transcultural psychopathological phenomenon]. 1257 73