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Otolaryngologic cases of m¨︁nchausen's syndrome
Author(s) -
Zohar Yuval,
Avidan Gideon,
Shvili Yitschak,
Laurian Nelo
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198702000-00011
Subject(s) - malingering , munchausen syndrome , pathological , factitious disorder , differential diagnosis , dermatology , medicine , signs and symptoms , nose , medical diagnosis , ear nose and throat , pediatrics , psychiatry , surgery , child abuse , poison control , injury prevention , pathology , medical emergency
Münchausen syndrome (MS) is now a well recognized and demonstrated entity. This syndrome is characterized by patients who seek hospitalization and present factitious but usually well‐rehearsed histories and symptoms. Five cases of MS, genuine by their ear‐nose‐throat‐maxillofacial factitious signs, are presented. Two of the cases are related to the uncommon MS by proxy. In this subentity the parents fabricate pathological signs for their children. The psycho‐dynamics and the clinical symptoms of our cases are described and the differential diagnoses of malingering, conversion disorders, and hypochondriasis are brought to attention.