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factitious disease Factitious disorder, illness Psychiatry Any of a number of self-produced lesions or biochemical changes seen in persons with neuroses to gratify various self-motivated needs–eg, sympathy and narcotics; these
conditions share the same raison d'etre, differing only in the site of injury and agent used to produce the lesions. See Munchausen syndrome, Psychosomatic disorder, Self-mutilation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The PVCM was an important aspect of this particular case because the differential diagnosis of this condition includes factitious disease. Dermatitis artefacta is a rarely encountered factitious disease with wide-ranging morphologic features. Moreover, the ability to detect factitious disease may become harder with increasing sophistication of patients mimicking cardiac symptoms. |
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