Munchausen syndrome has been known since 1951. Its exact prevalence remains unknown, but it has been reported to be frequent among general hospital patients. We present the case of a 30-year-old female with a long history of inflammatory nodules and ulcerations all over her body. After a decade of repeated hospitalizations to general hospitals where no reason for these manifestations was clarified, her first admission to a psychiatric unit confirmed the artefact character of the lesions and led to milieu therapy in association with supportive, psychoanalytically orientated psychotherapy with a very positive outcome.

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