Factitious diabetes mellitus confirmed by ascorbic acid.
We report a girl aged 31/2 years in whom signs and symptoms of diabetes mellitus were falsified by the mother. Evaluation in hospital rapidly ruled out diabetes mellitus and the use of ascorbic acid as a marker enabled us to prove urine substitution by the girl's mother.
D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000652:urine; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006029:Glycosuria; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
D001205:Ascorbic Acid