唾液腺の外科的治療を頑固に求めた摂食障害の1例

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  • 武井 雄介
    久留米大学医学部歯科口腔医療センター 大分県済生会日田病院歯科口腔外科
  • 楠川 仁悟
    久留米大学医学部歯科口腔医療センター
  • 中村 芳明
    大分県済生会日田病院歯科口腔外科
  • 高向 和宜
    たかむきメンタルクリニック

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  • A case of eating disorder with the complaint of swelling of the submandibular gland

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Extreme weight gain and loss due to anorexia, overeating, vomiting, etc. are symptoms of eating disorders and are often reported to be accompanied by swollen salivary glands as well as strong psychological factors. A 47-year-old female patient presented to our department with a chief complaint of painless swelling of the bilateral submandibular areas. Psychologically, she had been hospitalized twice at the Department of Psychiatry due to depression, vomiting, and overeating. BMI index was 15.4, and the patient was thin. Bilateral submandibular glands were elastic and soft with walnut-sized swelling, but there were no abnormal findings on ultrasonography or CT scan. <br>We explained to the patient that there was no obvious salivary gland disease, but she persistently appealed for surgical resection. We explained to the patient that her eating disorder was the cause of the submandibular gland swelling and that it would be difficult to improve the condition unless she stopped vomiting and overeating, and we decided to follow up the patient. The challenge for the therapist is how to avoid becoming entangled in the patient’s unrealistic demands for surgical treatment when the patient stubbornly insists on it. It is important not to begin dental treatment until the patient’s life history and medical history are fully understood, and it is important to be relaxed enough to take a step back when the patient’s psychological factors are understood to be deep-seated. However, in this case, we had the opportunity to obtain detailed information on the patient’s life history, including psychiatric hospitalization, and we were able to obtain information on the patient’s treatment history going back to the past.

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  • CRID
    1390299993932852608
  • DOI
    10.11268/jjpsd.38.1-2_15
  • ISSN
    21864128
    09136681
  • 本文言語コード
    ja
  • データソース種別
    • JaLC
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    使用不可

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