期刊名称：ePlasty: Open Access Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
印刷版ISSN：1937-5719
出版年度：2017
卷号：17
语种：English
出版社：Open Science Co. LLC
摘要：Objective:Physicians should be aware of patients trying to obtain a diagnosis for secondary gain. Malingering is a diagnosis that should be suspected when objective findings do not support the subjective symptoms and there is secondary gain.Methods:A series of 21 cases are presented that support this position. The charts of 21 patients with a diagnosis of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (chronic regional pain syndrome) and nonanatomic findings were evaluated.Results:The patients in this series were found to be malingering based on discrepancies between subjective symptoms and objective findings.Conclusions:The diagnosis of malingering should be based on thorough history, physical examination, electrodiagnostic studies, imaging studies, and evaluation of all medical records.
