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Body image, plastic surgery (prosthetic testes) and Kallmann's syndrome
Author(s) -
Money John,
Sollod Robert
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1978.tb02450.x
Subject(s) - kallmann syndrome , foreign body , medicine , plastic surgery , surgery , psychology , anatomy , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A patient with Kallmann's syndrome received prosthetic testicular implants. In interviews and letters, he demonstrates that delay in electing surgery, and its eventual success, were both related to incorporation of the foreign bodies into the body image.