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Vol. 41. Issue 1.
Pages 208-216 (March 2012)
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Vol. 41. Issue 1.
Pages 208-216 (March 2012)
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Delirios de embarazo y pseudociesis: una breve aproximación
Pregnancy Delusions and Pseudocyesis: Brief Approach
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Lizardo Cruzado-Díaz1,
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lizardo_cruzado@yahoo.com

Correspondencia: Lizardo Cruzado Díaz, Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Honorio Delgado – Hideyo Noguchi, Avenida Eloy Espinoza 709, Urb. Palao. San Martín de Porres Lima 31, Lima, Perú
, Vanessa Herrera-López2, Mileny Perales-Salazar3
1 Médico psiquiatra, del Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi. Profesor de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
2 Médica residente de psiquiatría, del Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
3 Médica residente de psiquiatría, del Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
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Resumen
Introducción

Los delirios de embarazo como síntomas de distintos cuadros psicóticos han sido presentados usualmente en oposición a la naturaleza histérica y psicosomática de la pseudociesis, aunque diversos autores han advertido cierta intersección semiológica entre ambos fenómenos.

Método

Presentamos cuatro casos de pacientes psicóticas que presentaron delirios de embarazo y revisamos y discutimos la bibliografía pertinente.

Resultados

Constatamos la presencia de algunos síntomas compartidos entre psicosis con delirios de embarazo y pseudociesis, aunque sin desmedro de la respectiva diferenciación nosológica entre los dos fenómenos; existe cierta confusión en los aspectos conceptuales y terminológicos que no contribuye a deslindarlos de forma precisa.

Conclusión

Se plantea una visión amplia y holística para el estudio de la pseudociesis y los delirios de embarazo, que podrían ser más frecuentes en realidades como la latinoamericana.

Palabras clave:
Delirio
embarazo
seudoembarazo
trastornos psicóticos
trastornos somatoformes
Abstract
Introduction

Pregnancy delusions have usually been considered as symptoms of psychotic disorders in opposition to the hysterical and psychosomatic nature of pseudocyesis, though several authors have described some semiologic intersection between the two phenomena.

Method

Introduction of four cases of patients with pregnancy delusions as well as review and discussion of relevant bibliography.

Results

In fact, there are symptoms shared by pregnancy delusions psychosis and pseudocyesis, without detriment of nosological differentiation between the two phenomena. There is certain confusion regarding conceptual and terminological issues that does not contribute to mark precise boundaries.

Conclusion

A comprehensive and holistic approach for the study of pseudocyesis and pregnancy delusion is proposed. Maybe, these disorders are more frequently observed in Latin America.

Key words:
Delusions
pregnancy
pseudopregnancy
psychotic disorders
somatoform disorders
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