Coprophagia in an 8-Year-Old Hospitalized Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Consult-liaison psychiatrists often encounter difficult clinical scenarios. We present a pediatric case of presumptive coprophagia. After a negative medical work-up, the pediatrics team asked psychiatry to assist them in managing this relatively rare disorder in the hospital setting. Little is known...

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Autores principales: Bacewicz, Aleksandra, Martin, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29279783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6565096
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description Consult-liaison psychiatrists often encounter difficult clinical scenarios. We present a pediatric case of presumptive coprophagia. After a negative medical work-up, the pediatrics team asked psychiatry to assist them in managing this relatively rare disorder in the hospital setting. Little is known about the etiology and treatment of coprophagia in the pediatric population. Using the case as a catalyst, we discuss what is known about this disorder as well as treatment strategies in the hospital setting.
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spelling pubmed-57239612017-12-26 Coprophagia in an 8-Year-Old Hospitalized Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Bacewicz, Aleksandra Martin, Katherine Case Rep Psychiatry Case Report Consult-liaison psychiatrists often encounter difficult clinical scenarios. We present a pediatric case of presumptive coprophagia. After a negative medical work-up, the pediatrics team asked psychiatry to assist them in managing this relatively rare disorder in the hospital setting. Little is known about the etiology and treatment of coprophagia in the pediatric population. Using the case as a catalyst, we discuss what is known about this disorder as well as treatment strategies in the hospital setting. Hindawi 2017 2017-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5723961/ /pubmed/29279783 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6565096 Text en Copyright © 2017 Aleksandra Bacewicz and Katherine Martin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723961/
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