The Ceylon medical journal
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We 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). ⋯ 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.