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Polle syndrome, n. Med. and Psychiatry. Now disused.
Brit. |ˈpɒlə ˌsɪndrəʊm|, U.S. |ˈpɑlə ˌsɪnˌdroʊm|
[‹ Polle, mistakenly thought to have been the forename of a daughter of the real Baron von Munchausen (see Munchausen n., and quot. 1977) + syndrome n.
The child in question, who died in infancy, was born to Munchausen's second wife but probably not fathered by him; she was baptized Maria Wilhelmina in the German town of Polle.]
= Munchausen syndrome by proxy n. at Munchausen n. 2b.
1977D. Burman & D. Stevens in Lancet 27 Aug. 456/2 In 1795 Bernhardin [sc. Munchausen's second wife] gave birth to Polle, who died one year later... We suggest cases similar to those reported by Dr Meadow should be known as the Polle syndrome—a child of a Munchausen whose life expectancy is liable to be short. 1981Gastroenterology 81 1140 Polle syndrome, a child-abuse variant of Munchausen syndrome, must be considered as part of an aberrant family social setting by adult or pediatric physicians who uncover a chronic factitious disease. 1984Pediatrics 74 1100/2 There have been a wide variety of presentations of Polle syndrome reported including cardiac arrest, recurrent sepsis, and factitious bleeding. |