title: ['Giving inappropriate and/or misleading answers'; is the era of the Ganser syndrome finally over?].
abstract: The Ganser syndrome was long regarded as an entity that had as its core symptom 'giving inappropriate and/or misleading answers' to questions. In the literature we found confusion regarding the diagnostic and etiological criteria. We describe the case of an 53-year-old male patient who displayed a number of remarkable symptoms during a delirious episode which ended when the symptoms faded. By reviewing the recent literature, we outline the evolution in the use of the symptom and syndrome diagnosis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Debeyne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haekens
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peuskens
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged