Self-mutilation in a child with a tethered spinal cord. Case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Self-mutilation after deafferentation injuries has rarely been reported in humans. The authors report on a 16-year-old girl who was born with a myelomeningocele. In adolescence it was noted that concurrent with her spinal cord becoming symptomatically tethered she began to self-mutilate her digits. A rare manifestation of the tethered spinal cord may be dysesthesias that led to self-mutilation.
Medical subject headings
- Neural Tube Defects
- Self-Injurious Behavior
Anatomy
- sacrum-coccyx