Síndrome de Münchausen : relato de dois casos

Abstract

Os autores relatam dois casos de pacientes com síndrome de Münchausen que estiveram internados no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, atendidos por · equipe de Medicina Interna e Consultoria Psiquiátrica. Além da revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema, os autores descrevem as características dos casos, alguns aspectos psicodinâmicos, objetivando principalmente abordar o diagnóstico, assim como as dificuldades encontradas no manejo destes pacientes.

The authors report the clinicai cases of two patients from nonpsychiatric wards of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, which had been treated by internal medicine staff and psychiatric liason consultation. They review the literature concerning this subject and discuss it along with the clinicai cases, with the main purpose to discuss the diagnosis as well as the approach to these patients and some difficulties of handling them.