▁Roy ▁M ead ow . ▁ ▁This ▁label , ▁however , ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁in ▁use ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁to ▁describe ▁a ▁completely ▁un related ▁and ▁rare ▁form ▁of ▁card iom y op ath y . ▁▁ ▁Pol le ▁Sy nd rome ▁( 1 9 7 7 – 1 9 8 4 ) ▁ ▁co ined ▁by ▁Bur man ▁and ▁Stevens , ▁from ▁the ▁then - common ▁belief ▁that ▁Baron ▁Mün ch hausen ' s ▁second ▁wife ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁a ▁daughter ▁named ▁Pol le ▁during ▁their ▁marriage . ▁The ▁baron ▁declared ▁that ▁the ▁baby ▁was ▁not ▁his , ▁and ▁the ▁child ▁died ▁from ▁" se iz ures " ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁months . ▁The ▁name ▁fell ▁out ▁of ▁favor ▁after ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁Pol le ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁baby ' s ▁name , ▁but ▁rather ▁was ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁h omet own . ▁ ▁While ▁it ▁initially ▁included ▁only ▁the ▁inf lic tion ▁of ▁harm ful ▁medical ▁care , ▁the ▁term ▁has ▁subsequently ▁been ▁extended ▁to ▁include ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁only ▁harm ▁arose ▁from ▁medical ▁neglect , ▁non comp liance , ▁or ▁even ▁educational ▁inter ference . ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁M unch aus en ▁synd rome , ▁a ▁psych iat ric ▁fact it ious ▁dis order ▁where in ▁those ▁affected ▁fe ign ▁disease , ▁ill ness , ▁or ▁psych ological ▁tra uma ▁to ▁draw ▁attention , ▁sympathy , ▁or ▁re