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Thom R, Teslyar P, Friedman R. Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2017;2017:8961256doi: 10.1155/2017/8961256.
Thom, R., Teslyar, P., & Friedman, R. (2017). Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case reports in psychiatry, 20178961256. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8961256
Thom, Robyn, et al. "Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature." Case reports in psychiatry vol. 2017 (2017): 8961256. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8961256
Thom R, Teslyar P, Friedman R. Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2017;2017:8961256. doi: 10.1155/2017/8961256. Epub 2017 May 10. PMID: 28573061; PMCID: PMC5442346.
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Case Rep Psychiatry. 2017;2017:8961256. doi: 10.1155/2017/8961256. Epub 2017 May 10.

Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Case reports in psychiatry

Robyn Thom, Polina Teslyar, Rohn Friedman

Affiliations

  1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 28573061 PMCID: PMC5442346 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8961256

Abstract

Psychiatrists commonly encounter deception in the emergency department. This article presents the case of a patient who presents to the emergency department with an unusual and elaborate web of deceptions along multiple themes including feigning medical illness, multiple losses, and grandiose academic and athletic achievements. We review the clinical characteristics of pseudologia fantastica and discuss how this patient's constellation of malingering, factitious disorder, and personality disorder suggests this diagnosis.

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