Possible psychogenic fever of 103.5 degrees F in a patient with borderline personality disorder.
The authors describe a 24-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder and prolonged fever of unknown origin. After an extensive search for a fever source, they noted that her temperature responded to pseudoseizures and to phenobarbital.
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology
D010634:Phenobarbital