title: Munchausen syndrome presenting as trauma.
abstract: Rarely, a patient with Munchausen syndrome will present with apparent trauma. A computerized literature search from 1966 until the present discovered only three such case reports, none of which appeared in a surgical journal. We report a fourth case. The characteristics of Munchausen syndrome are illustrated. The possibility that such a patient may have a true injury is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Stamford Hospital, Connecticut 06904, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Blackwood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*