Psychiatric disorders must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting to the emergency department with unexplainable somatic symptoms. Physicians should be aware of Münchhausen syndrome as a possible diagnosis. A 46-year-old female patient presented at the emergency department with signs of coagulopathy. She denied taking any anticoagulant drugs as well as rat poison. Urine toxicology revealed the presence of vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). After an extensive workup, she was diagnosed with Münchhausen syndrome. Intentional intoxication with VKA is rare.

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