Wires in the body: A case of factitious disorder
Factitious disorder can present with a wide variety of symptomatology. We present a case of a young girl presenting with spontaneous extrusion of wires from her limbs. These metallic wires were present in both her upper and lower limbs in the muscle bulk and were visible on X-ray. She sought repeate...
Main Authors: | Koushik Sinha-Deb, Siddharth Sarkar, Mamta Sood, Sudhir K Khandelwal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2013;volume=35;issue=2;spage=209;epage=211;aulast=Sinha-Deb |
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