MUNCHAUSEN-SYNDROME BY PROXY - UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS AND DISTURBING SEQUELAE

被引:16
作者
PORTER, GE [1 ]
HEITSCH, GM [1 ]
MILLER, MD [1 ]
机构
[1] ST JOSEPHS HOSP,MARSHFIELD,WI
关键词
MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; RETROGRADE INTUSSUSCEPTION; TOOTH LOSS; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME;
D O I
10.1016/0145-2134(94)00045-X
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Since the initial description of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) (Meadow, 1977), numerous cases have been reported varying from as simple as the complaint of a nonexistent symptom to those as complicated as altered laboratory tests leading to the false diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (Orenstein & Wasserman, 1986; Rosenberg, 1987). We report three findings previously unreported: esophageal perforation, retrograde intussusception, and tooth loss. Bradycardia has been previously reported associated with suffociation (Meadow, 1984), but in our case may have been caused by carotid artery massage. We also suggest possible induction by the mother of premature rupture of fetal membranes leading to delivery of infected infants.
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页码:789 / 794
页数:6
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