Factitious anaphylaxis and prevarication anaphylaxis

A case report of Munchausen's syndrome presenting as prevarication anaphylaxis was described on a woman in her mid-20s with a past history of psychiatric illnesses, multiple recent emergency department visits and hospital admissions for alleged anaphylaxis in various cities across Canada, absen...

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Published in:Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2005-09, Vol.116 (3), p.710-710
Main Author: Wong, H.C. George
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A case report of Munchausen's syndrome presenting as prevarication anaphylaxis was described on a woman in her mid-20s with a past history of psychiatric illnesses, multiple recent emergency department visits and hospital admissions for alleged anaphylaxis in various cities across Canada, absence of abnormal physical and laboratory findings, and a clinical defect questioned by an attending psychiatrist to have been manufactured by the patient.6 Single-blind placebo-controlled oral challenge for an alleged sensitivity to tartrazine resulted in "anaphylaxis" with laryngeal involvement only with placebo.
ISSN:0091-6749
1097-6825
DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2005.04.040