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Psiquiatr. biol. (Ed. impr.) ; 15(4): 144-146, jul.-ago. 2008.
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-68874

ABSTRACT

Desde comienzos del siglo XX se ha descrito la existencia de alucinaciones olfativas junto a delirios de referencia secundarios en sujetos con rasgos "sensitivos" de la personalidad. Desde entonces, se debate si estos síntomas constituyen una "entidad nosológica independiente" o, por el contrario, son sólo un síndrome que aparece en distintos trastornos psiquiátricos. En este sentido, se han propuesto unos criterios diagnósticos a partir de los casos clínicos coincidentes publicados en la literatura. Pryse-Philips, en su trabajo sobre las alucinaciones olfativas, estableció el diagnóstico diferencial de este síndrome respecto a la esquizofrenia, la depresión y la epilepsia focal. En este trabajo, se expone el caso de una paciente de 18 años que está convencida de desprender mal olor corporal y presenta conductas repetitivas delimpieza asociadas. Además, muestra unas ideas de referencia sensitiva que conducen a un importante retraimiento social como consecuencia de los sentimientos de malestar y vergüenza que experimenta ante la presencia de otras personas. Esta conducta coincide con la denominada por Pryse-Philips con triste reaction, caracterizada por la vergüenza y el desconcierto causados por los delirios. Aunque la paciente afirma que ella "no nota su mal olor", está convencida de que los demás lo perciben. Estas particularidades psicopatológicas se traducen en la dificultad para diferenciar en la práctica clínica las alteraciones sensoperceptivas de tipo olfativo delos delirios de contenido olfativo (AU)


FFrom beginning of the 20 th century there has been described the existence of olfactory hallucinations close to secondary delusions of reference in subjectswith "sensitive" features of the personality. Since then, it is debated if these symptoms constitute a "independent nosological entity" or, on the contrary, they are only a syndrome that appears in different psychiatric disorders. In this respect, there have been proposed a few diagnostic criteria from the clinical coincidental cases published in the literature. Pryse-Philips, in his work on the olfactory hallucinations, established the differential diagnosis of this syndrome with regard to the schizophrenia, the depression and the focal epilepsy. In this work, there is exposed the case of a 18-year old patient who is sure to detach badly corporal smell and to present repetitive conducts of cleanliness associated. In addition, she shows a few ideas of sensitive reference that they lead to an important social seclusion as consequence of those of feelings discomforts and shame that experiments with the presence of other persons. This conduct coincides with the named by Pryse-Philips as "contritereaction", characterized by the shame and the confusion provoked by the delusions. Though the patient affirms that she "does not notice her evil smell", she is sure that the others perceive it. These psychopathologycal particularities are translated in the difficulty to separate in the clinical practice, sensoperceptive alterations of olfactory type from the delusions of olfactory content (AU)


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Humans , Female , Adolescent , Delirium/diagnosis , Olfaction Disorders/psychology , Hallucinations/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Modalities, Sensorial , Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis
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