“…With respect to the possible etiology of self-mutilation, it can be broadly classified into two categories: organic and functional 10,12,14 . Self-mutilation is said to be organic when it affects comatose patients, patients who have genetic syndromes, biochemical or enzymatic deficiencies, patients with congenital insensitivity to pain, as well as patients who may suffer from a heterogeneous group of neurological disorders and other alterations, such as autism, mental retardation, hereditary sensory neuropathies, congenital infectious diseases and epilepsy 12,15,16 .…”