title: [Münchhausen syndrome. A study of 8 cases of neurologic manifestations].
abstract: Eight cases of Münchhausen syndrome were registered within two years in two hospital neurological departments. Summaries of their clinical history were obtained following an enquiry in 58 hospitals of Paris and suburbs. All patients met Asher's description for the emergency presentation, the truculence-evasiveness manner, the luxuriance of tales, the eclecticism of the alleged symptoms, the vehement request of dangerous or painful procedures and the apparent senselessness. The paucity of scars and modesty of peregrinations recorded are discussed, as well as the lack of self-inflicted injury. Ethical implications and traps set by these tricky patients against consistent medical strategies are developed.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Neurologique, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahieux
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roullet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fenelon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amarenco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marteau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Le syndrome de Münchhausen. Etude de 8 cas à expression neurologique.