A brain origin for factitious disorder (Munchausen’s) with malingering? A single case with an old frontal lobe lesion

Jan Adriaan Coebergh; Aliza Amlani; Mark Edwards; Yee Haur Mah; Niruj Agrawal

doi:10.1080/13554794.2020.1858110

A brain origin for factitious disorder (Munchausen’s) with malingering? A single case with an old frontal lobe lesion

Jan Adriaan Coebergh^*, Aliza Amlani, Mark Edwards, Yee Haur Mah, Niruj Agrawal

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Abstract

We describe a patient who presented with gender identity dysphoria and stroke-like symptoms who we diagnosed with Munchausen’s syndrome (factitious disorder). We discuss whether a brain lesion in the left frontal cortex is a possible risk factor, and support this hypothesis through neuropsychological investigation, EEG abnormalities, and a personality assessment. This case report supports previous suggestions that underlying brain disease/lesions might be risk factors for Munchausen’s syndrome (factitious disorder).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-11
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurocase
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2020.1858110
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Brain lesion
EEG
factitious disorder (Munchausen’s)
malingering

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A brain origin for factitious disorder (Munchausen’s) with malingering? A single case with an old frontal lobe lesion

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