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 selfc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/22j9v3sg |
| Summary: | 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 selfcannibalism
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. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(6):701-702] |
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| ISSN: | 1936-900X 1936-9018 |