Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Psychiatrists commonly encounter deception in the emergency department. This article presents the case of a patient who presents to the emergency department with an unusual and elaborate web of deceptions along multiple themes including feigning medical illness, multiple losses, and grandiose academ...
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| description | Psychiatrists commonly encounter deception in the emergency department. This article presents the case of a patient who presents to the emergency department with an unusual and elaborate web of deceptions along multiple themes including feigning medical illness, multiple losses, and grandiose academic and athletic achievements. We review the clinical characteristics of pseudologia fantastica and discuss how this patient’s constellation of malingering, factitious disorder, and personality disorder suggests this diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8f2c0dcc26b4e3c9969f1885d7f32e52025-02-03T05:54:15ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382017-01-01201710.1155/2017/89612568961256Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureRobyn Thom0Polina Teslyar1Rohn Friedman2Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, USABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, USABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, USAPsychiatrists commonly encounter deception in the emergency department. This article presents the case of a patient who presents to the emergency department with an unusual and elaborate web of deceptions along multiple themes including feigning medical illness, multiple losses, and grandiose academic and athletic achievements. We review the clinical characteristics of pseudologia fantastica and discuss how this patient’s constellation of malingering, factitious disorder, and personality disorder suggests this diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8961256 |
| spellingShingle | Robyn Thom Polina Teslyar Rohn Friedman Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| title | Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | pseudologia fantastica in the emergency department a case report and review of the literature |
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