title: Gangrene of the tongue following self-application of a rubber band.
abstract: A case of dry gangrene of the tongue due to self-application of an elastic rubber band in a mentally retarded child is described. As far as is known, no such case of gangrene of the tongue has been described in the English literature.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000150:complications; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology*