<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Koro&lt;/strong&gt; is a &lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture-bound_syndrome" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;culture-bound&lt;/a&gt; delusional disorder in which individuals have an overpowering belief that their &lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_organ" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;sex organs&lt;/a&gt; are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals.&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(disease)#cite_note-DSM-IV-TR-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koro_(disease)#cite_note-2" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt; Koro is also known as &lt;strong&gt;shrinking penis&lt;/strong&gt;, and was listed in the &lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Penis Theft

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Koro is a culture-bound delusional disorder in which individuals have an overpowering belief that their sex organs are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals.[1][2] Koro is also known as shrinking penis, and was listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.