Citation

Lyall EG, Stirling HF, Crofton PM, Kelnar CJH. Acta Paediatr. 1992; 81(4): 373-376.

Affiliation

Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1606406

Abstract

A five-year-old girl presented with profound growth failure, lethargy, vomiting and acidosis. A diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy was made after the demonstration of egg albumin, diphenhydramine and phenothiazine metabolites in her urine. Growth improved dramatically, but a subsequent child in the family died of sudden infant death syndrome.

Language: en