• Ceylon Med J · Sep 1995

    Case Reports

    Is it Munchausen syndrome by proxy?

    • H Perera, S P Lamabadusuriya, and G D de Silva.
    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo.
    • Ceylon Med J. 1995 Sep 1;40(3):116-8.

    AbstractWe describe two cases of children who were victims of illness fabricated by their mothers. Such clinical situations are identified as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP). Although considered a form of child abuse, MSP often goes unrecognised in paediatric practice. The two children involved were unnecessarily investigated, and the underlying problems in the mothers were identified only after several hospital admissions. One mother had a major psychiatric disorder, and the other had serious marital problems. Maintaining a high degree of suspicion regarding inexplicable illness in a child with inappropriate or incongruous symptoms and signs, even when parents behave in an exemplary manner, would help in early diagnosis and management.

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