|
|||||
|
|
A pediatric case of factitious disorder with unexplained bleeding symptoms |
|
| Authors: | Selcuk Uzuner Kayhan Bahali Sema Kurban Ufuk Erenberk Erkan Cakir |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Pediatrics, Bezmialem Vakif University, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Istanbul 34147, Turkey;3. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Bleeding Child Factitious disorder Hemoptysis Hematuria |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ | |