Factitious Disorder Masquerading as a Life-Threatening Anaphylaxis

• Autors principals: Resha Khanal MD (Autor), Selin Sendil MD (Autor), Sharad Oli MBBS (Autor), Binita Bhandari MD (Autor), Anas Atrash MD (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: SAGE Publishing, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Factitious disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which sufferers intentionally fabricate physical or psychological symptoms in order to assume the role of the patient, without any obvious gain. We present a case of a 23-year-old female with chronic urticaria who presented with dyspnea, dysphasia, mi...