Self-Inflicted Strangulation of Prepuce in a Child

Penile trauma is an uncommon but potentially serious injury presenting to pediatric emergency room. Strangulation injuries of the penis can be self-inflicted or occur accidentally. However, self-inflicted strangulation of the foreskin in children is rare. This is a case of 7-year-old uncircumcised b...

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Autores principales: Halis, Fikret, Inci, Mehmet, T Freier, Matthew, Gokce, Ahmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23277886
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author Halis, Fikret
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description Penile trauma is an uncommon but potentially serious injury presenting to pediatric emergency room. Strangulation injuries of the penis can be self-inflicted or occur accidentally. However, self-inflicted strangulation of the foreskin in children is rare. This is a case of 7-year-old uncircumcised boy who himself tied foreskin of prepuce with a cotton thread. The thread was cut and circumcision performed to remove the damaged foreskin.
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spelling pubmed-35252862013-01-01 Self-Inflicted Strangulation of Prepuce in a Child Halis, Fikret Inci, Mehmet T Freier, Matthew Gokce, Ahmet APSP J Case Rep Case Report Penile trauma is an uncommon but potentially serious injury presenting to pediatric emergency room. Strangulation injuries of the penis can be self-inflicted or occur accidentally. However, self-inflicted strangulation of the foreskin in children is rare. This is a case of 7-year-old uncircumcised boy who himself tied foreskin of prepuce with a cotton thread. The thread was cut and circumcision performed to remove the damaged foreskin. EL-MED-Pub 2013-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3525286/ /pubmed/23277886 Text en Copyright © 2013 Halis et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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