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Yilmaz A, Uyanik E, Balci Şengül MC, et al. Self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself. West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(6):701-2doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705.
Yilmaz, A., Uyanik, E., Balci Şengül, M. C., Yaylaci, S., Karcioglu, O., & Serinken, M. (2014). Self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself. The western journal of emergency medicine, 15(6), 701-2. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705
Yilmaz, Atakan, et al. "Self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself." The western journal of emergency medicine vol. 15,6 (2014): 701-2. doi: https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705
Yilmaz A, Uyanik E, Balci Şengül MC, Yaylaci S, Karcioglu O, Serinken M. Self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;15(6):701-2. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705. PMID: 25247046; PMCID: PMC4162732.
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West J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep;15(6):701-2. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705.

Self-cannibalism: the man who eats himself.

The western journal of emergency medicine

Atakan Yilmaz, Emrah Uyanik, Melike C Balci Şengül, Serpil Yaylaci, Ozgur Karcioglu, Mustafa Serinken

Affiliations

  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Tekirda? State Hospital, Tekirda?, Turkey.
  2. Pamukkale University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Denizli, Turkey.
  3. Ac?badem University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
  4. Pamukkale University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.

PMID: 25247046 PMCID: PMC4162732 DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.6.22705

Abstract

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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