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Is hypogonadism the cause of penile self-amputation in a patient with prior testes self-mutilation?
Vinícius M Cavalcante1, Carlos G Westin1, João P Fantin1
11 Urology Department, Hospital de Base/FAMERP, FAMERP Medical School of São José Do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo - Brazil.
Urologia
|September 9, 2017
Abstract
Introduction:
This paper presents a rare event of genital self-mutilation and few cases are reported in the literature.
Case Description:
We report on a patient who performed partial self-penectomy 18 months after bilateral testicular amputation, as a form of self-mutilation.
Conclusions:
The main hypotheses to explain the recurrence of self-mutilation would be hypogonadism.
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