Citation

Bertulli C, Cochat P. Nephrol. Ther. 2017; 13(6): 482-484.

Affiliation

Service de néphrologie rhumatologie dermatologie pédiatriques, centre de référence des maladies rénales rares, hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, hospices civils de Lyon et université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 3, quai des Célestins, 69002 Lyon, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.nephro.2016.12.006

PMID

28606407

Abstract

Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a persistent fabrication of illness done by a person to another. Renal and urologic forms of this syndrome are not as uncommon as can be thought; a review of all the cases of Munchausen-by-proxy syndrome reveals that 25% of the children had renal or urologic issues. This syndrome can result in a serious diagnostic dilemma for the physicians; knowing this entity can allow early recognition of falsification and limit the physical and psychological damages caused in the victim. In this study, we reviewed the pediatric nephrology cases of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, grouping them through the principal signs of presentation.

Copyright © 2017 Société francophone de néphrologie, dialyse et transplantation. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Child; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Nephrology; Renal disease; Urological disorder