{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Hymenoptera Venom Immunotherapy Meets Factitious Disorder.
{Author}: Stratopoulos E;Leonardou A;Pitsios C;
{Journal}: Cureus
{Volume}: 16
{Issue}: 3
{Year}: 2024 Mar
暂无{DOI}: 10.7759/cureus.55769
{Abstract}: Factitious disorder on self is a psychiatric disorder in which individuals fabricate or induce signs or symptoms of a disease. Factitious anaphylaxis, with symptoms suggestive of a life-threatening allergic reaction, is extremely rare. Several cases of factitious disorder reactions during allergen immunotherapy for airborne allergens have been reported. We report the case of a young female patient who presented factitious anaphylaxis during venom immunotherapy to vespid venom extract. Symptoms of stridor, dyspnea, coughing and loss of consciousness were observed during the built-up phase of venom immunotherapy, mimicking allergic reactions to the venom extracts. Diagnosis of factitious disorder prompted the discontinuation of venom immunotherapy.