| Literature DB >> 8514477 |
G Costa1, F Di Tonno, S Capodieci, L Laurini, R Casagrande, D Lavelli.
Abstract
A 36-year-old man was hospitalized for self-insertion of a metallic body into the urethra. The self-inserted foreign body (SFB) was removed by endoscopic means; psychiatric evaluation of the patient showed a disturbed schizoid personality. After a review of the current literature, including clinical features, diagnostic manoeuvres and methods of treatment of SFB, the authors suggest that a psychiatric evaluation is always recommended in order to discover mental underlying disorders, thus reducing the risk of recurrence.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8514477 DOI: 10.1007/BF02552258
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Urol Nephrol ISSN: 0301-1623 Impact factor: 2.370