Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient

Özgür  Sunay; Adnan  Menderes

doi:10.5174/tutfd.2009.02743.3

Özgür Sunay ¹, Adnan Menderes ¹

¹Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Plastik Rekonstrüktif ve Estetik Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5174/tutfd.2009.02743.3

Pages : 214-215

Abstract

In society, the instinct to eat one's own tissues is rare. However it is generally limited to reported cases concerning soft tissue. A patient who was admitted to our department had eaten the distal and middle phalangeal soft tissue along with bone tissue.

Keywords : Alzheimer, cannibalism

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