[Artefact--diagnosis and therapy from the surgical viewpoint]. 1987

G Herzberg, and N Lüscher, and L G Küng

Factitious wounds are often overlooked when patients are treated. The experiences we have had with ten patients (nine women and one man) are discussed. A typical case report of a 19 year old female, who had been hospitalized 19 times, demonstrates the magnitude of the diagnostic and therapeutic problems involved in such cases. If the basic psychological disorder cannot be eliminated, medical treatment will remain unsuccessful.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012652 Self Mutilation The act of injuring one's own body to the extent of cutting off or permanently destroying a limb or other essential part of a body. Autotomy Human,Self Mutilating Behavior,Autotomy Humans,Behavior, Self Mutilating,Mutilating Behavior, Self,Mutilation, Self,Self Mutilating Behaviors
D012883 Skin Ulcer An ULCER of the skin and underlying tissues. Skin Ulcers,Ulcer, Skin,Ulcers, Skin
D013352 Subcutaneous Emphysema Presence of air or gas in the subcutaneous tissues of the body. Emphysema, Subcutaneous,Emphysemas, Subcutaneous,Subcutaneous Emphysemas

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