title: Munchausen syndrome presenting as hemophilia: a convenient and economical "steal" of disease and treatment.
abstract: Munchausen's syndrome and Munchausen's syndrome by proxy (MSBP) can cause many conditions, including bleeding problems, seizures, failure to thrive and others. We report here an unusual case in which a mother presented to the hospital for her hemophiliac son's failure to thrive, subsequently for her own self-inflected mutilating wounds, and finally for self-induced simulation of her son's hemophiliac bleeding and arthritic complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayass
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bussing
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology; D002400:Cathartics / Q000506:poisoning*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D005543:Forearm Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000209:etiology; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D016735:Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020113:Phenolphthalein; D010635:Phenolphthaleins / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics; D010635:Phenolphthaleins; D020113:Phenolphthalein