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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Tomophobia the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder a case report Markus Schmid Robert C Wolf Roland W Freudenmann and Carlos Schonfeldt-Lecuona Open Access Address Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III University of Ulm Leimgrubenweg 12 98075 Ulm Germany Email Markus Schmid - markusmschmid@gmx.de Robert C Wolf - christian.wolf@uni-ulm.de Roland W Freudenmann - roland.freudenmann@uni-ulm.de Carlos Schonfeldt-Lecuona - carlos.schoenfeldt@uni-ulm.de Corresponding author Published 18 November 2009 Received 16 October 2008 _ _n nno ion - 111 Accepted 18 November 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 131 doi I0.I I86 I752-I947-3-I3I This article is available from http www.jmedicalcasereports.com content 3 I I3I 2009 Schmid et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 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. Abstract 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. Introduction Phobia Greek phobos fear is defined as an irrational intense and persistent sensation of fear in relation to specific situations activities objects or individuals. Phobic anxiety disorders are conceptualized as a diagnostic subclass within the anxiety disorders. One of the main symptoms of this disorder is the excessive and unreasonable
