TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Genital self-mutilation
JO  - Annals of African medicine
A1  - Ajape, A. A.
A1  - Issa, B. A.
A1  - Buhari, O. I. N.
A1  - Adeoye, P. O.
A1  - Babata, A. L.
A1  - Abiola, O. O.
SP  - 31
EP  - 34
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1596-3519
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1596-3519.62622
ID  - ref1
ER  -