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Case Report

Genital self-mutilation: A literature review and case report

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Pages 201-205 | Received 18 Dec 1997, Accepted 15 Jan 1998, Published online: 14 Dec 2007
 

Abstract

The case is presented of a male patient with a learning disability who systematically removed the glans penis with a razor blade, without obvious pain or distress and in the absence of any detectable psychosis. The literature on genital self-mutilation is reviewed and the current case is discussed in the light of this information.

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