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.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009110
altLabel
Syndrome, Hospital Addiction
Hospital-Addiction Syndromes
Hospital Addiction Syndrome
Munchhausen Syndrome
Syndromes, Hospital-Addiction
Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction
Syndrome, Munchhausen
Syndrome, Munchausen
Hospital-Addiction Syndrome
AN
dis symptoms fabricated by a person seeking hospitalization repeatedly; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY is available
AQL
BL CF CI CL CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH SU TH UR VI
cui
C0026785
DC
1
definition
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.