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East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X
EISSN: 1024-297X
Vol. 7, No. 1, 2002, pp. 41-43
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Bioline Code: js02006
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2002, pp. 41-43
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A Case Report of Munchausen Syndrome
Obote WW, Kakande I, OIaro C
Abstract
We report a case of a 31-year old female patient who presented to Mulago Hospital with symptoms suggestive of intestinal obstruction and gave a complicated past history which included thirteen previous operations in seven different hospitals over a period of about twelve years. She underwent a laparotomy at which no intestinal obstuction was found.In retrospect we diagnosed her as suffering from the rare Munchausen syndrome. The paper discusses the characteristic clinical features, differential diagnoses and management of this interesting syndrome.
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