Munchausen syndrome: Playing sick or sick player

oleh: Jyoti Prakash, R C Das, K Srivastava, P Patra, S A Khan, R Shashikumar

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01

Deskripsi

Munchausen syndrome is rare factitious disorder which entails frequent hospitalization, pathological lying and intentional production of symptoms for sick role. Management requires collateral history taking, sound clinical approach, exclusion of organicity and addressing psychological issues. A case which presented with unusual symptoms of similar dimension is discussed here. The case brings out finer nuances in evaluation and management of this entity .