@article{ref1,
title="Genital self-mutilation",
journal="Annals of African medicine",
year="2010",
author="Ajape, A. A. and Issa, B. A. and Buhari, O. I. N. and Adeoye, P. O. and Babata, A. L. and Abiola, O. O.",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="31-34",
abstract="We present a case report of a 22-year-old Nigerian student who presented to the accident and emergency unit of a Nigerian Teaching Hospital with a history of self-inflicted genital injury following a suicide attempt. He had background history of predisposition to depressive illness, a current diagnosis of a major depressive disorder, and had had two attempted suicidal episodes in the last 3 months prior to this event. The clinical finding shows a patient with sad affect, feeling of hopelessness, and worthlessness; however, the vital signs remained fairly stable. At examination under anesthesia, the testes were exposed and the right already self-castrated. The penis was degloved to the level of the Buck's fascia with intact corpora cavernosa and urethra. He had surgical excision of the hanging self-castrated right testis with debridement and primary closure of the genital laceration. He was promptly reviewed by the psychiatrists who comanaged appropriately.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1596-3519",
doi="10.4103/1596-3519.62622",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1596-3519.62622"
}