RESUMO
This is a case report of a 20-year old para 0+0 who presented with an 11-month pregnancy. On evaluation, the pregnancy was found to be a fake made-up 'calabash pregnancy'. There were no pregnancy symptoms and she had just menstruated three weeks prior to presentation. This was a deliberate event in response to delayed pregnancy attainment complicated by domestic violence. Domestic violence was in the form of verbal and physical abuse and later was on a monthly basis precipitated by onset of her menstrual flow. The patient's age, monogamous union and the fact that she is an orphan made her vulnerable to domestic violence.
Assuntos
Violência Doméstica/psicologia , Infertilidade Feminina/psicologia , Simulação de Doença/diagnóstico , Gravidez/psicologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Simulação de Doença/psicologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
This is a case report of a 20-year old para 0+0 who presented with an 11-month pregnancy. On evaluation, the pregnancy was found to be a fake made-up 'calabash pregnancy There were no pregnancy symptoms and she had just menstruated three weeks prior to presentation. This was a deliberate event in response to delayed pregnancy attainment complicated by domestic violence. Domestic violence was in the form of verbal and physical abuse and later was on a monthly basis precipitated by onset of her menstrual flow. The patient's age, monogamous union and the fact that she is an orphan made her vulnerable to domestic violence.
Ãste es un reporte de caso de una para 0 + 0 de 20 anos de edad, que se presentó con un embarazo de 11 meses. En la evaluación, se encontró que se trataba de un embarazo de calabaza, es decir, inventado, fingido. En realidad, no habÃa ningún sÃntoma de embarazo, y habÃa tenido la menstruación tres semanas antes de presentarse. Se trataba de un acontecimiento deliberadamente construido, en respuesta a una largamente demorada expectativa de lograr un embarazo, complicada con violencia doméstica. La violencia doméstica seproducÃa enforma de abuso verbalyfÃsico, precipitándose luego mensualmente con la aparición de cadaflujo menstrual. La edad de los pacientes, la unión monógama, y el hecho de que era huérfana, la hacÃa vulnerable a la violencia doméstica.