A CASE OF FACTITIOUS BLEEDING: MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTION OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES-JEMDS, cilt.4, sa.48, ss.8416-8419, 2015 (ESCI)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 48
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.14260/jemds/2015/1219
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EVOLUTION OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES-JEMDS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.8416-8419
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Munchausen's syndrome, Hemoptysis, Hematochezia, hematuria
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Munchausen's syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which patients inflict on themselves an illness or injury for the primary purpose of assuming the sick role. These patients can present with many different complaints and clinical symptoms including self-inflicted bleeding. This report describes a case of lately diagnosed Munchausen's syndrome who presented with hemoptysis and developed hematochezia and hematuria during the hospitalization period. Physicians should always consider this rare disorder in cases presented with bleeding symptoms of unknown origin.