Munchausen syndrome in an adolescent child presenting
with unexplained rash

Öner Özdemir; Kübra Tokmak

doi:10.5114/pja.2026.161562

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Munchausen syndrome in an adolescent child presenting with unexplained rash

Öner Özdemir

¹

,

Kübra Çevik Tokmak

¹

Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Paediatrics, Research and Training Hospital of Sakarya, Sakarya University, Medical Faculty, Adapazarı, Sakarya, Türkiye

Alergologia Polska – Polish Journal of Allergology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2026.161562

Online publish date: 2026/05/07

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Munchausen syndrome in an adolescent child presenting with unexplained rash

Öner Özdemir 1 , Kübra Çevik Tokmak 1

Öner Özdemir

¹

,

Kübra Çevik Tokmak

¹