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Journal of Case Reports
Genital Self-Mutilation: Two Case Reports
RB Nerli, Srikanth P, Ajay Kumar G, Abhijith SM
Department of Urology,  KLE University’s  J N Medical College, KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital & MRC, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Ajay Kumar G
Email: drajay707@gmail.com
Received: 22-DEC-2014 Accepted: 10-FEB-2015 Published Online: 05-MAR-2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2015.0025
Abstract
Psychiatric case reports of male genital self-mutilation (GSM) in the literature are rare and mostly anecdotal. Majority of them are connected with personality disorders. In men, psychosis is an important cause for GSM, causing up to 80% of automutilations. 
Keywords : Self Mutilation, Scrotum, Psychotic Disorders, Suicide, Personality Disorders, Humans.
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