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A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female
Pseudo-pregnancy is an uncommon psychiatric presentation, often having a complex interplay of psycho-social factors making it difficult to manage. It is common to present in the reproductive age range, rarely in postmenopausal women. We are reporting a rare presentation of a 48-year post-menopausal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37645358 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_430_22 |
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author | Sharma, Mini Shankar, Pavitra Kukreti, Prerna Kataria, Dinesh |
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description | Pseudo-pregnancy is an uncommon psychiatric presentation, often having a complex interplay of psycho-social factors making it difficult to manage. It is common to present in the reproductive age range, rarely in postmenopausal women. We are reporting a rare presentation of a 48-year post-menopausal widowed HIV-positive female with no live issues having two years of secondary amenorrhea complaining to have documented weight gain and experience of perceiving fetal movements for the past 5 months. However, she persistently insisted on antenatal care despite repeated reports of ultra-sonographic pelvis imaging and gynecological examination pointed toward menopausal changes and the absence of any live issue. This case report emphasizes the clinical presentation and management strategies for patients with pseudocyesis, a peculiar and rare psychiatric manifestation. |
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spelling | pubmed-104615872023-08-29 A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female Sharma, Mini Shankar, Pavitra Kukreti, Prerna Kataria, Dinesh Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Pseudo-pregnancy is an uncommon psychiatric presentation, often having a complex interplay of psycho-social factors making it difficult to manage. It is common to present in the reproductive age range, rarely in postmenopausal women. We are reporting a rare presentation of a 48-year post-menopausal widowed HIV-positive female with no live issues having two years of secondary amenorrhea complaining to have documented weight gain and experience of perceiving fetal movements for the past 5 months. However, she persistently insisted on antenatal care despite repeated reports of ultra-sonographic pelvis imaging and gynecological examination pointed toward menopausal changes and the absence of any live issue. This case report emphasizes the clinical presentation and management strategies for patients with pseudocyesis, a peculiar and rare psychiatric manifestation. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-07 2023-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10461587/ /pubmed/37645358 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_430_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Psychiatry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sharma, Mini Shankar, Pavitra Kukreti, Prerna Kataria, Dinesh A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
title | A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
title_full | A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
title_fullStr | A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
title_short | A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
title_sort | rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37645358 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_430_22 |
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