Self-induced hematuria.
Two patients, an adult and a child, are reported who presented with factitious hematuria secondary to self-induced finger sticks with contamination of unwitnessed urine samples. Feigned illness of this kind may be more common than generally appreciated.
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Department of Medicine, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY 11432.
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Gleckel
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Rosner
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D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications