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Date publication
janvier 2012
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MAINARD Didier
Tous les auteurs :
Beis JM, Bertoni N, Isner-Horobeti ME, Kandel M, Mainard D, Martinet N, Chapelain LL, Paysant J
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Résumé
We report a case of a 29-year-old woman suffering from chronic factitious disorder (FD) with torsion dystonia. For nearly five years, she traveled widely over the country, going from one hospital to another, taking serious medical risk in order to prolong her illness. After several admissions to Rehabilitation Units and multiple explorations, we find convincing evidence for factitious origin and the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome was evoked. Such a clinical presentation is infrequent in Munchausen's syndrome. Indeed, most often the clinical picture is characterized by acute abdominal pain, fainting, hemoptysis, precordialgia, hematemesis or dermatological lesions. Physicians should be aware of this rare and potentially critical form of FD. Awareness in identifying these patients may lead to prevent unnecessary medical and/or surgical interventions.
Référence
NeuroRehabilitation. 2012;30(3):235-7.
