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Vol. 39. Núm. 3.
Páginas 624-634 (Septiembre 2010)
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Vol. 39. Núm. 3.
Páginas 624-634 (Septiembre 2010)
Reporte de caso
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Mutilación genital en paciente transexual: ¿manifestación de un espectro patológico imprecisamente definido?
Genital Mutilation in a Transsexual Patient: Is it an Indication of an Imprecisely Defined Pathological Spectrum?
Visitas
1980
Ricardo Millán-Gonzáleza
1 Médico psiquiatra. Especialista en Psiquiatría de Enlace. Profesor de Psiquiatría de la Universidad de Costa Rica. San Pedro, Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
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Introducción

Tradicionalmente, la automutilación genital se ha considerado un evento psicótico dentro del contexto religioso o fuera de éste. Aunque catalogado como un hecho muy infrecuente antes del advenimiento de internet, existen elementos para pensar que la incidencia es cada vez mayor y que la psicosis como factor psicopatológico no siempre estaría presente.

Objetivos

Revisar la literatura sobre la automutilación genital y formular un replanteamiento teórico sobre su concepción psicopatológica.

Método

Reporte de caso.

Resultados

A continuación se presenta el caso de un paciente con un trastorno de identidad de género que intentó fallidamente realizarse la autocastración. El hecho, motivado por una profunda distorsión de la imagen corporal, ocurrió sin evidencia de psicosis, según la evaluación clínica y de pruebas psicológicas. Hasta donde se tiene conocimiento, este es el primer caso que se reporta en la literatura latinoamericana.

Conclusiones

Estos actos podrían ser uno de varios puntos de confluencia clínica de un continuo de trastornos cuyo principal elemento psicopatológico sería la distorsión de la imagen corporal y no necesariamente la psicosis. Estas entidades eventualmente podrían ser incluidas dentro de una nueva sección categorial en las futuras clasificaciones diagnósticas en psiquiatría.

Palabras clave:
automutilación
trastorno dismórfico corporal
identidad de género
Abstract
Introduction

Traditionally, genital self-mutilation has been considered a psychotic reaction in or outside the religious context. There are good data supporting the fact that it is not as infrequent as once thought and that psychosis might not always be present as a psychopathological determinant.

Objectives

To review the literature concerning genital self-mutilation and to redefine its psychopathological conception.

Methods

Case report.

Results

The presentation of a patient with gender identity disorder who failed in the attempt to perform an orchidectomy on himself. The act, motivated by a deep body image distortion, happened without evident psychosis as assessed clinically and by psychological batteries. As far as we know, this is the first case reported in the Latin-American scientific community.

Conclusions

This kind of acts could be one of several points of clinical confluence in a continuum of disorders whose most important psychopathologic element would be self body image distortion and not necessarily psychosis. This group of entities eventually could be grouped into a new categorical section of future diagnostic classifications in psychiatry.

Key words:
Self-mutilation
body dysmorphic disorder
gender identity
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