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Genital self-mutilation or similar suicide in a schizophrenic, the second attempt was dramatic

Author(s) -

Ghannam Youssef,

Nedjim Abdelkerim Saleh,

Abdi El Mostapha

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical surgery research communications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2573-0096

pISSN - 2573-0088

DOI - 10.31491/csrc.2021.06.072

Subject(s) - sex organ , amputation , presentation (obstetrics) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , penis , psychiatry , genital tract , psychology , general surgery , surgery , genetics , biology , physiology

Genital auto-mutilation is a urological emergency rarely encountered in practice. It constitutes a drama by its manner of occurrence and clinical presentation. In case of heavy bleeding, a state of hemorrhagic shock may occur and require resuscitation. the treatment is based on surgery and psychiatric advice. a regular follow-up with an attentive intention is needed to avoid the recurrency. We are reporting a 29-year-old patient followed for schizophrenia with poor compliance who is attempting genital auto-mutilation for the second time. The first attempt resulted in shallow wounds, but the second attempt was dramatic: it resulted in genital amputation. Keywords: Penis, external genital organs, mutilation, amputation, schizophrenia

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