A Rare Cause of Lobular Panniculitis: Munchausen's Syndrome

Ajili Faida; Smiti  Khanfir Monia; Hamzaoui Amira; Ben Ghorbel Imed; Lamloum Mounir; Houman Mohamed Habib

doi:10.1155/2012/486421

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2012)

A Rare Cause of Lobular Panniculitis: Munchausen's Syndrome

Ajili Faida,
Smiti Khanfir Monia,
Hamzaoui Amira,
Ben Ghorbel Imed,
Lamloum Mounir,
Houman Mohamed Habib

Affiliations

Ajili Faida: Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital of Tunis, 1008 Tunis, Tunisia
Smiti Khanfir Monia: Department of Internal Medicine, La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
Hamzaoui Amira: Department of Internal Medicine, La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
Ben Ghorbel Imed: Department of Internal Medicine, La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
Lamloum Mounir: Department of Internal Medicine, La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
Houman Mohamed Habib: Department of Internal Medicine, La Rabta University Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/486421
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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We describe a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented with ecchymoses of the right leg and who was found to have lobular panniculitis in biopsy due to Munchausen's Syndrome.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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