Factitious methemoglobinemia.
We report the case of a 26 year-old female who was treated on numerous occasions for methemoglobinemia believed secondary to surreptitious abuse of dapsone as part of a factitious disorder.
Carr
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-5636, USA.
Elias
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Caruana
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Rabinowitz
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D000328:Adult; D003622:Dapsone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005162:Factitious Disorders; D005260:Female; D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008708:Methemoglobinemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists; D003622:Dapsone