Factitious Disorder Masquerading as a Life-Threatening Anaphylaxis

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Resha Khanal MD (Author), Selin Sendil MD (Author), Sharad Oli MBBS (Author), Binita Bhandari MD (Author), Anas Atrash MD (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: SAGE Publishing, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: 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...