Werewolf syndrome associated with gingival fibromatosis: A rare case report

Sunil, M.K.; Trivedi, Ashwarya; Arora, Sangeeta; Gupta, Sonam

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“…"Werewolf syndromes" are also found in medical publications referring to non-psychiatric diseases: rabies, lepromatous leprosy, congenital hypertrichosis, gingival fibromatosis with hypertrichosis syndrome, congenital erythropoietic porphyria (40,(89)(90)(91)(92)(93). In these cases, the word "werewolf " is used due to the appearance of the patient.…”

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Clinical Lycanthropy, Neurobiology, Culture: A Systematic Review

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Background: Culture can affect psychiatric disorders. Clinical Lycanthropy is a rare syndrome, described since Antiquity, within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into a wolf. Little is known on its clinical or therapeutic correlates.Methods: We conducted a systematic review (PRISMA) on PubMed and Google Scholar, until January 2021. Case reports, data on neurobiological hypotheses, and cultural aspects were included. Language was not restricted to English.Results: Forty-three cases of clinical lycanthropy and kynanthropy (delusion of dog transformation) were identified. Associated diagnoses were: schizophrenia, psychotic depression, bipolar disorder, and other psychotic disorders. Antipsychotic medication may be an efficient treatment for this rare transnosographic syndrome. In case of depression or mania, the treatment included antidepressants or mood regulators. The neuroscientific hypotheses include the conception of clinical lycanthropy as a cenesthopathy, as a delusional misidentification of the self-syndrome, as impairments of sensory integration, as impairments of the belief evaluation system, and right hemisphere anomalies. Interestingly, there is a clinical overlap between clinical lycanthropy and other delusional misidentification syndromes. Clinical lycanthropy may be a culture-bound syndrome that happens in the context of Western cultures, myths, and stories on werewolves, and today's exposure to these narratives on cultural media such as the internet and the series. We suggest the necessity of a cultural approach for these patients' clinical assessment, and a narrative and patient-centered care.Conclusions: Psychiatric transtheoretical reflections are needed for complementaristic neurobiological and cultural approaches of complex delusional syndromes such as clinical lycanthropy. Future research should include integrative frameworks.

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Syndromes with gingival fibromatosis: A systematic review

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Objective The aim of systematic review was to describe the phenotypes and molecular profiles of syndromes with gingival fibromatosis (GF). Methods A comprehensive search of PubMed, LILACS, Livivo, Scopus, and Web of Science was conducted using key terms relevant to the research questions and supplemented by a gray literature search. The Methodological Quality and Synthesis of Case Series and Case Reports in association with the Case Series and Prevalence Studies from the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools were used for the risk of bias. We followed the PRISMA checklist guidelines. Results Eighty‐four studies reporting GF as an oral manifestation of a syndrome were identified in this review. Enamel renal syndrome was the most frequently reported syndrome with GF, represented by 54 individuals in 19 studies, followed by Zimmermann–Laband syndrome with 24 individuals in 15 studies and Costello syndrome, which was presented in a case series study with 41 individuals. Among reported cases, other clinical manifestations such as hypertrichosis, ectopic gingival calcification, and cherubism were described. Conclusions The results emphasize the need of systematic oro‐dental‐facial phenotyping for future descriptions as well as further molecular analysis in order to better understand the occurrence of syndromic GF.

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Ayurlakshaneeyam of Bhela Samhita- Indriya Sthana: An explorative study

Gupta

Mamidi

2020

J Indian Sys Medicine

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Werewolf syndrome associated with gingival fibromatosis: A rare case report

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Clinical Lycanthropy, Neurobiology, Culture: A Systematic Review

Clinical Lycanthropy, Neurobiology, Culture: A Systematic Review

Syndromes with gingival fibromatosis: A systematic review

Ayurlakshaneeyam of Bhela Samhita- Indriya Sthana: An explorative study

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