Factitious orbital emphysema: An unusual presentation of Munchausen's syndrome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 512-514

  Greene, D ^a   Murr, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; EYE INJURY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; ORBIT DISEASE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031757681     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(98)70112-3     Document Type: Article

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