%0 Journal Article
%T Genital self-mutilation
%J Annals of African medicine
%D 2010
%A Ajape, A. A.
%A Issa, B. A.
%A Buhari, O. I. N.
%A Adeoye, P. O.
%A Babata, A. L.
%A Abiola, O. O.
%V 9
%N 1
%P 31-34
%X 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>
%G en
%I Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital
%@ 1596-3519
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1596-3519.62622