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Amputee Fetishism and Genital Mutilation: Case Report and Literature Review

2000; Routledge; Volume: 26; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/009262300438742

1521-0715

Ram Chandran Kalyanam Thomas N. Wise,

Genital Health and Disease

Abstract A case is presented of a 49-year-old man who amputated his penis following instructions that he had obtained from the Internet. The patient had a long-standing amputee fetish, which evolved into eroticized genital mutilation. The transformation of the preferred fetish occurred in a setting of depression due to environmental stressors. The literature about amputee fetishism, also called "apotemnophilia," is reviewed, and possible connections with the genital mutilation are discussed.