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Table 3 Characteristics of Ten Patients with a Diagnosis of Organic Disease after being Diagnosed with Somatization

From: Clinical features of outpatients with somatization symptoms treated at a Japanese psychosomatic medicine clinic

Age

Sex

Chief Complaint

Final Diagnosis

Referral Form

Initial response

37

Female

Panic Attack

Psychogenic Non-organic Epilepsy

Negative

Referred to Another Hospital

29

Male

Palpitation

Epilepsy, Social Anxiety Disorder

Negative

Referred to Psychiatrist

24

Male

Loss of Consciousness

Epilepsy

Positive

Provided Continued Treatment

68

Female

Headache

Chronic Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis

Positive

Provided Continued Treatment

79

Female

Difficulty in Moving Legs

Parkinsonism

Positive

Returned to Previous Doctor

46

Female

Diarrhea, Bad Smell from Body

Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome

Negative

Provided Continued Treatment

32

Male

Diarrhea

Bile Acid Malabsorption

Positive

Provided Continued Treatment

78

Female

Extremity muscle weakness

Spinal Cord Tumor

Positive

Provided Continued Treatment

69

Male

Itchy Feeling in Legs

Restless Legs Syndrome

Positive

Provided Continued Treatment

73

Male

Tremulousness

Drug-induced Parkinsonism

Positive

Returned to Previous Doctor