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A total of 101 cases of schizophrenia, proceeding with a prevalence of cenesthopathic disorders were studied. The following 3 types of the cenesthopathical syndrome were distinguished: cenesthoalgic, cenesthopathic and cenesthocoenesthetic, which actually present a continuum of morbid symptons. The successive transition from one state to another is a clinical reflection of the progression of a pathological process. The patients with cenesthopathic schizophrenia develop more profound negative changes in comparison to hypochondriacal schizophrenia. In 62% of the cases these changes lead to invalidization (according to epidemiological data). The results permit to consider the cenesthopathic schizophrenia as an independent variant of the disease.
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PMID:[Clinical independence of cenestopathic schizophrenia]. 740 68

The authors present a case series involving four patients who were referred to a specialized somatoform disorders clinic because of chronic medically unexplained physical complaints. The patients were eventually diagnosed with cenesthopathic schizophrenia, a term that has been proposed for a type of schizophrenia in which tactile hallucinations and delusional somatosensory beliefs are prominent. Two of the four had definite responses to antipsychotic medication. All of the patients were immigrants to the United Kingdom, and cultural and language barriers were likely factors in delayed diagnoses.
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PMID:Medically unexplained physical symptoms masking (cenesthopathic) schizophrenia: a case series. 2064 62