title: [Fortuitous discovery of intracerebral foreign body leads to the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy].
abstract: An intracerebral foreign body is a rare situation in childhood. It often occurs accidentally with transorbital or more rarely transnasal penetration. We report the case of a child who had been followed since the age of 2.5 months for chronic vomiting without failure to thrive. The fortuitous discovery at 22 months of age of a 4.5-cm-long sewing needle in his brain probably introduced via the fontanel led us to the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie et de néonatologie, hôpital Mohamed-Tlatli, Nabeul 8000, Tunisie. asma.bouaziz@rns.tn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouaziz Abed
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mustapha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiha
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016735:Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy / Q000175:diagnosis*