TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself
JO  - Western journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Yilmaz, Atakan
A1  - Uyanık, Emrah
A1  - Balci Şengül, Melike C.
A1  - Yaylaci, Serpil
A1  - Karcioglu, Ozgur
A1  - Serinken, Mustafa
SP  - 701
EP  - 702
VL  - 15
IS  - 6
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-900X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705
ID  - ref1
ER  -