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[Somato-form disorder in otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery (4 cases reports)]
Zhanquan Yang1, Yuxin Sun, Zhen Dong
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130033, China. syxmy2002@sina.com
Objective:
To emphasize the significance of the "bio-psycho-society" medical model in clinic practice of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery.
Method:
Four cases of patients with somatoform disorder in otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery were reported in the paper.
Result:
The patients complained that there were some significantly somato symptoms in otorhinolaryngology-head and neck region. The severity of symptoms complained by these patients, however, was not coincidence with the result of careful clinical examination performed by doctors. Noteworthily, there were important psychological factors before in these patients with careful inquiring the history and some somato symptoms were significantly improved after antianxiety treatment.
Conclusion:
It is important to think highly of psychological factors in clinical practice.
