Otolaryngology fantastica: The ear, nose, and throat manifestations of Munchausen's syndrome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Alicandri Ciufelli, Matteo ^a   Moretti, Valentina ^b   Ruberto, Marco ^a   Monzani, Daniele ^a   Chiarini, Luigi ^a   Presutti, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Neuroradiology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Factitious disorders; Munchausen's syndrome; Munchausen's syndrome by proxy; self inflicted disease

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DISTRESS; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; BLEEDING; BURNING SENSATION; CERVICOFACIAL EMPHYSEMA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EAR DISEASE; EAR HEMORRHAGE; EMPHYSEMA; EPISTAXIS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACE PAIN; FACE SWELLING; FACIAL SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE; GLANDULAR CHEILITIS; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HEADACHE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; JAW PAIN; LIP BLEEDING; LIP DISEASE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STRIDOR; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND PAIN; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRISMUS;

HUMANS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84355162798     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22373     Document Type: Review

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