A rare case of pseudocyesis in a grand multiparous woman in Karnali Academy of Health Sciences: a case report

Abstract

Pseudocyesis, sometimes called phantom or false pregnancy is a rare medical condition in which women has false believe of being pregnant. She experiences many signs and symptoms of pregnancy but there is absence of fetus. The etiology of this condition could be the interplay and combination of various psychological, sociocultural and endocrine factors. A case of this rare condition is described in the case report that represents the sociocultural belief of need of specific sex (male) child in the family and believe in traditional healers in rural Nepalese society