A pediatric case of factitious disorder with unexplained bleeding symptoms

Uzuner S., Bahali K., Kurban S., ERENBERK U., Cakir E.

General Hospital Psychiatry, cilt.35, sa.6, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.03.003
  • Dergi Adı: General Hospital Psychiatry
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bleeding, Child, Factitious disorder, Hematuria, Hemoptysis
  • İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Factitious disorder is characterized by deliberate production or imitation of physical or psychological symptoms in order to adopt the sick role. The disorder can be seen as factitious bleeding. Factitious bleeding is a rare disorder in pediatric population. The concomitant appearance of hemoptysis and hematuria in the same patient has not been previously reported. In this case report, we present a pediatric case of factitious disorder with both hemoptysis and hematuria. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.