Volume 39 · Number 5
MAY 2009

Two Patients who Think their Family Members have been Replaced by ‘Imposters’

By Brenda J. Talley, MD; Luke Michels, MD

“Mrs. H” is a 50-year-old woman with a history of cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C stemming from an infection many years prior as the result of a blood transfusion or tattoo administration. Aside from recent episodes of hepatic encephalopathy, Mrs. H has no formal past psychiatric history.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Brenda J. Talley, MD, is Assistant Professor and Director of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Luke Michels, MD, is a Psychiatry Military Resident at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Address correspondence to: Brenda J. Talley, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229; or e-mail [email protected].

Dr. Talley and Dr. Michels have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

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