[Munchausen syndrome and recurrent haematuria (author's transl)]. 1981

R Orriols, and F Moreil, and C Plans, and R Quintanilla

The authors report an exceptional case of a patient drawing blood from the veins and introducing it into the bladder via a straw. This psychiatric syndrome was discovered only after several hospitalisations, being considered as a conversion hysteria and favourably influenced by psychotherapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009110 Munchausen Syndrome A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false. Hospital-Addiction Syndrome,Munchhausen Syndrome,Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction,Hospital Addiction Syndrome,Hospital-Addiction Syndromes,Syndrome, Hospital Addiction,Syndrome, Munchausen,Syndrome, Munchhausen,Syndromes, Hospital-Addiction
D011613 Psychotherapy A generic term for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances primarily by verbal or nonverbal communication. Psychotherapies
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D003291 Conversion Disorder A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need. Astasia-Abasia,Conversion Neurosis,Functional Movement Disorder,Functional Neurological Disorder,Hysteria, Conversion,Conversion Reaction,Astasia Abasia,Conversion Disorders,Conversion Hysteria,Conversion Neuroses,Disorder, Functional Movement,Disorder, Functional Neurological,Functional Movement Disorders,Functional Neurological Disorders,Movement Disorder, Functional,Movement Disorders, Functional,Neurological Disorder, Functional,Neurological Disorders, Functional,Neuroses, Conversion,Neurosis, Conversion
D005260 Female Females
D006417 Hematuria Presence of blood in the urine. Hematurias
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

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