Abstract
The authors present the case of a 61-year-old woman who became increasingly sensitive to her warfarin. When she remained anticoagulated during a 2-month period off of warfarin a plasma analysis detected warfarin indicating she was taking the anticoagulant surreptitiously. This patient demonstrated features of factitious illness including a background of unsatisfactory childhood relationships, average intelligence, a lack of psychosis, and no obvious secondary gain. Surreptitious use of anticoagulants should be considered in all cases of unexplained hemorrhagic symptoms with low prothrombin activity.
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