Citation

Arnold SM, Arnholz D, Garyfallou GT, Heard K. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1998; 32(2): 256-259.

Affiliation

Colorado Permanente Medical Group, University of Colorado School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Denver, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9701313

Abstract

We report a case of factitious disorder by proxy (FDBP), formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which 2 siblings were poisoned with diphenhydramine. Although diphenhydramine is a readily available medication, no report of its use as the sole agent in an FDBP case was found in a literature search. Although sibling involvement in FDBP is well documented, this is the first case report of 2 siblings hospitalized simultaneously because of intentional poisoning with the same substance. Finally, the use of physostigmine to definitively diagnose anticholinergic poisoning in a case of FDBP has not previously been described.

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