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To the Editor: In the August 6 issue, two articles describe a patient with Munchausen's syndrome^1,2. Patient 3 in the article by Ifudu et al. is described as a 30-year-old white man "admitted to the hospital because of hematuria and hemoptysis associated with pleuritic chest and back pain." The patient reported that he had been given a diagnosis of Goodpasture's syndrome. Ifudu et al. also relate that the patient had been seen in at least 10 area hospitals and claimed to have been a fighter pilot in the Gulf war¹.

The patient described by Duffy in the same . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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