title: Clear otorrhea: a case of Munchausen syndrome in a pediatric patient.
abstract: This paper reports a case of Munchausen syndrome in a pediatric patient. An 11-year-old girl presented with the complaint of clear fluid otorrhea. She underwent numerous investigations with deception of the physicians. The literature with respect to Munchausen syndrome in the pediatric patient is reviewed. Diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome is difficult especially during the initial assessment, although suspicion might be aroused by inconsistencies in the patient's history and discrepancies between signs and symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Hacettepe University Medicine Faculty, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. suayozturk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Süay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: Omer Afşin
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011613:Psychotherapy