Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a free woman. The child abuse victim who in 2016 was sentenced for her involvement in her mother's murder was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Chillicothe, ...

We report the case of a young female patient who self-induced a chronic keratoconjunctivitis by inserting tissue paper and cotton wool into her conjunctival fornices. A 17-year-old woman was referred ...

Diagnosing medical conditions is not easy. Patients can have nondescript symptoms that could point to common problems as easily as rare or poorly understood ones. They can sprinkle in irrelevant ...

Examination: The patient was “entirely focused on physical symptoms…easily distractible…and manipulative.” She stated and implied that the physicians’ questions regarding the neurologic nature of her ...

The patient presented with complaints of increased muscle tone in her back muscles and the right side of her body starting in adolescence. While the term “Munchausen syndrome” is still commonly used, ...