Genital self-mutilation
| dc.contributor.author | Ajape AA, Issa BA, Buhari OI, Adeoye PO, Babata AL, Abiola OO. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-06T12:41:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-06T12:41:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-03 | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ajape AA, Issa BA, Buhari OI, Adeoye PO, Babata AL, Abiola OO. Genital self-mutilation. Annals of African Medicine. 2010 Jan 1;9(1):31-4. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/17058 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Annals of African Medicine | |
| dc.subject | Auto-castration | |
| dc.subject | depressive illness | |
| dc.subject | genital self-mutilatio | |
| dc.title | Genital self-mutilation | |
| dc.type | Article |