Citation

Fukuhara S, Kawamura N, Kakuta Y, Imazu T, Hara T, Yamaguchi S. Hinyokika Kiyo 2007; 53(11): 829-831.

Affiliation

Department of Urology, Ikeda Municipal Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Editorial Board of Acta Urologica Japonica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18051812

Abstract

A 33-year-old man presented with urethral bleeding and syncope. Urethroscopy revealed erosive lesion with bleeding at bulbar urethra. Magnetic resonance imaging, biopsy, and blood examination were performed, but the cause of urethral bleeding was not identified. By accident, chopsticks with blood ware detected in his ward. It was revealed that urethral bleeding was caused by self-mutilation with chopsticks. He consulted a psychiatrist, and was diagnosed with 'munchausen's syndrome'.

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