Munchausen by proxy

Vomito verde e dinamiche di famiglia: un caso di Munchausen per procura

Giuseppin I, Camolese A.

2026/3 — pag. 184-187 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 6-year-old girl obsessively brought for medical evaluation by her father due to vague symptoms and recurrent vomiting (at times biliary, documented only through photographs provided by her mother). Extensive medical in...

I love (doctor) shopping…

F. Belcari, S. Agostiniani, G. Rossi, M.C. Caparello, R. Consolini

2016/5 — pag. 323-324

A thirteen-year-old boy presented with recurrent fever for two years and was checked up in several hospitals with the only outcome of hypogammaglobulinemia. He could not go to school for 90 days. He underwent clinical examination and lab tests th...

Più esami che dolori

A. Pirrone

2015/9 — pag. 598-600

LA SINDROME DI MÜNCHAUSEN BY PROXY

2014/8 — pag. 497-510

Why publishing a Focus on Münchausen by proxy syndrome? Simply because the physician is a leading actor of the disease: without the physician Münchausen by proxy syndrome (MPS) would not exist. Besides, only the physician can break the chain of e...

Una febbre di lunga durata

S. Armari, A. Santullo, M. Zerial, M. Pocecco

2007/5

Il disturbo somatoforme e fittizio

F. Marchetti, M. Lazzerini, R. Aliverti, A. Ventura

2004/6 — pag. 377-381

Somatoform disorders are common among children and adolescents. The authors describes the clinical history of 4 out of 8 cases with somatoform or factitious disorders referred to the Hospital during a period of one year (total number of admission: ...