Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Tomophobia refers to fear or anxiety caused by forthcoming surgical procedures and/or medical interventions. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 69-year-old Caucasian man who refused urgently indicated medical intervention because of severe tomophobia. CONCLUSION: Due to the ri...

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Autores principales: Schmid, Markus, Wolf, Robert C, Freudenmann, Roland W, Schönfeldt-Lecuona, Carlos
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-131
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author Schmid, Markus
Wolf, Robert C
Freudenmann, Roland W
Schönfeldt-Lecuona, Carlos
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description INTRODUCTION: Tomophobia refers to fear or anxiety caused by forthcoming surgical procedures and/or medical interventions. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 69-year-old Caucasian man who refused urgently indicated medical intervention because of severe tomophobia. CONCLUSION: Due to the rising number of surgical interventions in modern medicine, as well as the high number of unrecognised cases of tomophobia, this common but underdiagnosed anxiety disorder should be highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-28038032010-01-10 Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report Schmid, Markus Wolf, Robert C Freudenmann, Roland W Schönfeldt-Lecuona, Carlos J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: Tomophobia refers to fear or anxiety caused by forthcoming surgical procedures and/or medical interventions. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 69-year-old Caucasian man who refused urgently indicated medical intervention because of severe tomophobia. CONCLUSION: Due to the rising number of surgical interventions in modern medicine, as well as the high number of unrecognised cases of tomophobia, this common but underdiagnosed anxiety disorder should be highlighted. BioMed Central 2009-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC2803803/ /pubmed/20062769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-131 Text en Copyright ©2009 Schmid et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report
title Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report
title_full Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report
title_fullStr Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report
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title_short Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report
title_sort tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803803/
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