Munchausen's syndrome: oral presentations.
Munchausen's syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder in which patients repeatedly confabulate so as to cause unnecessary investigations and operative treatments to be carried out on them. Two cases are reported and the literature reviewed. The first patient complained of repeated dental pain and subsequently underwent repeated endodontic treatment; the second had salivary gland pain and glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Munchausen's syndrome can only be diagnosed by the exclusion of organic and other disease.
Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Healthcare Sciences, London.
C
C
Scully
J W
JW
Eveson
S R
SR
Porter
D000328:Adult; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013363:Submandibular Gland; D014081:Tooth Extraction