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Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself
Self-mutilation is a general term for a variety of forms of intentional self-harm without the wish to die. Although there have been many reports of self-mutilation injuries in the literature, none have reported self-cannibalism after self-mutilation. In this article we present a patient with self-ca...
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247046 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705 |
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author | Yilmaz, Atakan Uyanik, Emrah Balci Şengül, Melike C. Yaylaci, Serpil Karcioglu, Ozgur Serinken, Mustafa |
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description | Self-mutilation is a general term for a variety of forms of intentional self-harm without the wish to die. Although there have been many reports of self-mutilation injuries in the literature, none have reported self-cannibalism after self-mutilation. In this article we present a patient with self-cannibalism following self-mutilation. A 34-year-old male patient was brought to the emergency department from the prison with a laceration on the right leg. Physical examination revealed a well-demarcated rectangular soft tissue defect on his right thigh. The prison authorities stated that the prisoner had cut his thigh with a knife and had eaten the flesh. |
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spelling | pubmed-41627322014-09-22 Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself Yilmaz, Atakan Uyanik, Emrah Balci Şengül, Melike C. Yaylaci, Serpil Karcioglu, Ozgur Serinken, Mustafa West J Emerg Med Behavioral Health Self-mutilation is a general term for a variety of forms of intentional self-harm without the wish to die. Although there have been many reports of self-mutilation injuries in the literature, none have reported self-cannibalism after self-mutilation. In this article we present a patient with self-cannibalism following self-mutilation. A 34-year-old male patient was brought to the emergency department from the prison with a laceration on the right leg. Physical examination revealed a well-demarcated rectangular soft tissue defect on his right thigh. The prison authorities stated that the prisoner had cut his thigh with a knife and had eaten the flesh. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2014-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4162732/ /pubmed/25247046 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705 Text en Copyright © 2014 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Behavioral Health Yilmaz, Atakan Uyanik, Emrah Balci Şengül, Melike C. Yaylaci, Serpil Karcioglu, Ozgur Serinken, Mustafa Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
title | Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
title_full | Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
title_fullStr | Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
title_short | Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
title_sort | self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself |
topic | Behavioral Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247046 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705 |
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