title: Malingering and symptom magnification: a case report illustrating the limitations of clinical judgement.
abstract: Malingering and symptom embellishment are of concern to specialists in pain medicine. Valid criteria to identify malingering individuals suffering chronic pain do not exist. We present a case of a patient on worker's compensation identified as a malingerer by six different physicians who had evaluated the patient for her chronic complaints. Ultimately, she was found to have a lesion that explained all of her subjective complaints. Physicians should exercise caution in labeling patients suffering intractable pain as malingerers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Griffin Hospital, Derby.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thimineur
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaliszewski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sood
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination