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Impulse control disorder manifesting as hidden sexual self-injury
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A man in his sixties with idiopathic Parkinson's disease was referred after inserting a length of metallic flex attached to a metal curtain hook into his urethra (figure 1). His medications included 700 mg levodopa and 16 mg ropinirole as the extended release preparation. The foreign body was removed under general anaesthetic and lacerations to the urethra and glans penis repaired. Further enquiry identified that he had recently required two separate cystoscopies to remove cotton buds from his …
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by Nick Fletcher, Liverpool, UK.
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