Self-induced hematuria

J Natl Med Assoc. 1990 Feb;82(2):127-8.

Abstract

Two patients, an adult and a child, are reported who presented with factitious hematuria secondary to self-induced finger sticks with contamination of unwitnessed urine samples. Feigned illness of this kind may be more common than generally appreciated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Divorce
  • Hematuria / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Munchausen Syndrome / complications*
  • Munchausen Syndrome / etiology
  • Munchausen Syndrome / psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / complications