Expanded profile of the SHAFT syndrome

Kasdan, Morton L.; Soergel, Trevor M.; Johnson, Amy; Lewis, Kathleen; White, Whitney L.

doi:10.1016/s0363-5023(98)80084-1

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“…Typically the patients were operated multiple times by various surgeons in different hospitals. Kasdan et al later expanded the SHAFT syndrome to include multiple invasive procedures, absence of objective findings, multiple physicians, medications, psychiatric treatment, disproportionate self-characterization and verbalization of symptoms, history of being off work, history of crying with pain, family history of disability and history of abuse [7,8]. A more detailed past observation of the patient after the correct diagnosis, made us realize that she indeed had disproportionate self-characterization and verbalization of symptoms, history of being of work, crying with pain along with other findings.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How to Kill a Flap: Munchausen Syndrome — A Silent Trap for Plastic Surgeons

2016

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How to Kill a Flap: Munchausen Syndrome — A Silent Trap for Plastic Surgeons

2016

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“…This syndrome occurs more frequently among females. These are extremely depressive and theatrical subjects and they use pain as their main subterfuge 2, 6, 19. Such patients arrive with exaggerated and disproportional symptoms for the pathological conditions presented.…”

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confidence: 99%

Factitious lesions of the hand

Oliveira

Bayer

Lauxen

et al. 2013

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (English Edition)

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Objective The presence of a lesion with atypical presentation, obscure clinical history, which does not improve with classic treatments, shall raise the red flag of the medical team. In such cases, the hypothesis of a factitious lesion shall be considered. Many times the correct diagnosis on the initial assessment may avoid high-cost diagnostic tests, unnecessary treatments, and time consumption of the medical team. We present here two classic cases of factitious lesions that, similar to those described in the literature, is difficult to diagnose and difficult to treat.

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“…10 Women who have received medically-related training in the past have also been known to be affected. 11 Some authors report equivalent incidence between male and female patients. FD is characterised as secretive in nature and there are not many epidemiological studies about this disorder.…”

Section: Case Presentationmentioning

confidence: 99%