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Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome.

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Kenedi, CA; Shirey, KG; Hoffa, M; Zanga, J; Lee, JC; Harrison, JD; Preud'homme, XA
Published in: N Z Med J
September 9, 2011

AIMS: To assist clinicians in the diagnosis of factitious disorder. METHODS: This is a systematic review of the role of laboratory, radiologic, procedural, and pathological modalities to assist in the diagnosis of factitious disorder (Munchausen's syndrome). The review evaluated 3104 article titles and abstracts that were identified from MEDLINE as of January 2010. RESULTS: We found 190 articles that demonstrated techniques that will assist clinicians in recognizing fabricated manifestations of disease. The results are divided into 13 areas of clinical medicine for easy reference. They are further sub-divided by the diseases or conditions that patients have been reported to simulate and the diagnostic techniques suggested by the literature in each case. CONCLUSIONS: Factitious disorder is difficult to diagnose and may present as a wide array of fabricated conditions, but there are a range of laboratory and technical means available to assist clinicians in the 21st Century.

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Published In

N Z Med J

EISSN

1175-8716

Publication Date

September 9, 2011

Volume

124

Issue

1342

Start / End Page

66 / 81

Location

New Zealand

Related Subject Headings

  • Munchausen Syndrome
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Kenedi, C. A., Shirey, K. G., Hoffa, M., Zanga, J., Lee, J. C., Harrison, J. D., & Preud’homme, X. A. (2011). Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome. N Z Med J, 124(1342), 66–81.
Kenedi, Christopher A., Kirsten G. Shirey, Mary Hoffa, Joseph Zanga, Jonathan C. Lee, Jeremy D. Harrison, and Xavier A. Preud’homme. “Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome.N Z Med J 124, no. 1342 (September 9, 2011): 66–81.
Kenedi CA, Shirey KG, Hoffa M, Zanga J, Lee JC, Harrison JD, et al. Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome. N Z Med J. 2011 Sep 9;124(1342):66–81.
Kenedi, Christopher A., et al. “Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome.N Z Med J, vol. 124, no. 1342, Sept. 2011, pp. 66–81.
Kenedi CA, Shirey KG, Hoffa M, Zanga J, Lee JC, Harrison JD, Preud’homme XA. Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome. N Z Med J. 2011 Sep 9;124(1342):66–81.

Published In

N Z Med J

EISSN

1175-8716

Publication Date

September 9, 2011

Volume

124

Issue

1342

Start / End Page

66 / 81

Location

New Zealand

Related Subject Headings

  • Munchausen Syndrome
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences