Is hypogonadism the cause of penile self-amputation in a patient with prior testes self-mutilation?

Abstract

This paper presents a rare event of genital self-mutilation and few cases are reported in the literature.

We report on a patient who performed partial self-penectomy 18 months after bilateral testicular amputation, as a form of self-mutilation.

The main hypotheses to explain the recurrence of self-mutilation would be hypogonadism.

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