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This paper presents theoretical and clinical reflections on the process of somatization in a case of urticaria. The psychosomatic symptom has no primary symbolic meaning; it has more to do with problems of differentiation between ego and nonego. The subject cannot view himself as separate from the mother, nor as fused with her. The author makes some observations on the correspondence between body image and transference movements in an analysis of an urticaria case.