The endocrine management of intractable masturbation after epilepsy surgery: a case report and literature review

Ikenna Ebere; Ekkehart Fa Staufenberg; Ketan K Dhatariya

doi:10.1177/2054270419878386

The endocrine management of intractable masturbation after epilepsy surgery: a case report and literature review

JRSM Open. 2019 Nov 3;10(11):2054270419878386. doi: 10.1177/2054270419878386. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Ikenna Ebere¹, Ekkehart Fa Staufenberg², Ketan K Dhatariya^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK.
² Department of Neurology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK.
³ Elsie Bertram Diabetes Centre, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK.
⁴ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.

Abstract

Intractable masturbation has been reported after epilepsy surgery and can be difficult to control, we present a case treated with cyproterone acetate and haloperidol to achieve an endocrine based resolution of symptoms.

Keywords: epilepsy surgery; management; masturbation.

Publication types

Case Reports