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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doaj-4137e49952104966a0ea81e83e6cd3762020-11-24T22:59:09ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-90182014-09-0115670170210.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats HimselfAtakan Yilmaz0Emrah Uyanik1Melike C. Balci Şengül2Serpil Yaylaci3Ozgur Karcioglu4Mustafa Serinken5Department of Emergency Medicine, Tekirdağ State Hospital, Tekirdağ, TurkeyDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tekirdağ State Hospital, Tekirdağ, TurkeyPamukkale University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Denizli, TurkeyAcıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyAcıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyPamukkale University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denizli, TurkeySelf-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]http://escholarship.org/uc/item/22j9v3sg |
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Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself |
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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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