[A case of male pseudopregnancy]

The authors give an account of views concerning pseudocyesis and phantom pregnancy resp. It is a condition which is extremely rare in males. The authors describe the case-history of a 60-year-old man hospitalized at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Faculty Hospital Bratislava on account of phantom pregnancy. They discuss the possible nosological classification of the presented case. In the conclusion they submit the view that phantom pregnancy can be included among monosymptomatic psychoses (e.g. as tactile hallucinosis).