A rare case of Munchausen syndrome: foreign body ingestion
Özet
Munchausen Syndrome (MS) is characterized by mental or physical diseases
intentionally induced by the patients. In this case report, we aimed to present MS and
review current literature. A 36-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency
room with the complaint of abdominal pain that developed after swallowing stitch
needles. Physical examination revealed minimal tenderness in the abdomen with
palpation. The plain abdominal X-ray revealed more than ten needle-shaped
opacities. During the anamnesis, the patient was incoherent and too determined to
have a surgical intervention, which gave rise to a suspicion of MS. A psychiatrist
consultation was conducted, she was diagnosed with MS and hospitalization of the
patient was planned. Clinical suspicion and detailed anamnesis are the key for the
diagnosis. Physicians should bring to mind the diagnosis of MS and seek psychiatric
support in patients with frequent hospital admissions, incompatibility between their
complaints and a history and examination findings
Kaynak
Acta Medica AlanyaCilt
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https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1566003https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/1719