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Pseudologia fantastica is typically seen in the following condition:

A
Alzheimer's disease
B
Alzheimer's disease
C
Ekbom's syndrome
D
Munchausen syndrome
High-Yield Explanation
The original Munchausen syndrome (peregrinating factitious disorder) consists of the simulation of disease, pseudologia fantastica, and peregrination (wandering). Patients presented with paicularly dramatic, chronic, or severe factitious illness. The characteristic features are, Feigned severe illness of a dramatic and emergency nature Factitious evidence of disease Surreptitious interference with diagnostic procedures Self-mutilation History of many hospitalizations Extensive travel or visits to innumerable physicians Regular depaure from the hospital against medical advice Ref: Ford C.V. (2008). Chapter 23. Factitious Disorders and Malingering. In M.H. Ebe, P.T. Loosen, B. Nurcombe, J.F. Leckman (Eds), CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e.

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