title: Factitious neurosurgical emergencies: report of five cases.
abstract: Patients with factitious symptoms occasionally present as neurosurgical emergencies. We have had six admissions over an 8-year period. They all presented at night, half of them during a weekend. Although an organic cause had to be excluded, they were all discharged within 24 h of admission without surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis