polysurgical addiction

polysurgical addiction

a compulsive drive to undergo one surgical procedure after another even when organic pathology cannot be found. The condition may be a manifestation of factitious disorder with predominantly physical signs and symptoms, somatization disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, or hypochondriasis.

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