Classical Koro and Koro-Like Symptoms: Illustration from Canada

Koro syndrome has been colorfully described as a pathological distortion of one’s body image of the genital organ. In Koro, body image dysphoria is characterized by severe anxiety related to the delusional idea that one’s genitals will shrink and retract into one’s abdomen, eventually leading to dea...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Stip, Julian Nguyen, Bastian Bertulies-Esposito, Adrien Tempier, Marie-Joelle Bedard, Andreanne Paradis, Syed Fahad Javaid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Psychosexual Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/26318318211028845