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==Other phantom sensations== Phantom sensations may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, e.g. after amputation of the [[breast]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ahmed|first1=A.|last2=Bhatnagar|first2=S.|last3=Rana|first3=S. P.|last4=Ahmad|first4=S. M.|last5=Joshi|first5=S.|last6=Mishra|first6=S.|title=Prevalence of phantom breast pain and sensation among postmastectomy patients suffering from breast cancer: a prospective study|journal=Pain Pract|date=2014|volume=14|issue=2|pages=E17β28|doi=10.1111/papr.12089|pmid=23789788|s2cid=29407160 |doi-access=free}}</ref> extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Marbach|first1=J. J.|last2=Raphael|first2=K. G.|title=Phantom tooth pain: a new look at an old dilemma|journal=Pain Med|date=2000|volume=1|issue=1|pages=68β77|pmid=15101965|doi=10.1046/j.1526-4637.2000.00012.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> or removal of an eye ([[phantom eye syndrome]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=SΓΆrΓΆs|first1=P.|last2=Vo|first2=O.|last3=Husstedt|first3=I.-W.|last4=Evers|first4=S.|last5=Gerding|first5=H.|title=Phantom eye syndrome: Its prevalence, phenomenology, and putative mechanisms|journal=Neurology|date=2003|volume=60|issue=9|pages=1542β1543|pmid=12743251|doi=10.1212/01.wnl.0000059547.68899.f5|s2cid=27474612}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Andreotti|first1=A. M.|last2=Goiato|first2=M. C.|last3=Pellizzer|first3=E. P.|last4=Pesqueira|first4=A. A.|last5=Guiotti|first5=A. M.|last6=Gennari-Filho|first6=H.|last7=dos Santos|first7=D. M.|title=Phantom eye syndrome: A review of the literature|journal=ScientificWorldJournal|date=2014|volume=2014|page=686493|doi=10.1155/2014/686493|pmid=25548790|pmc=4273592|doi-access=free }}</ref> Phantom sensations have been noted in the transgender population. Some people who have undergone sex reassignment surgery (SRS) have reported the sensation of phantom genitals. The reports were less common among post-[[sexual reassignment surgery|operative]] [[trans woman|transgender women]], but did occur in [[trans man|transgender men]]. Phantom penises in pre-SRS transgender men have been documented to be similar to the rate of phantom sensations in cis men post-penectomy.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2008/00000015/00000001/art00001|title=Phantom Penises in Transsexuals|journal=Journal of Consciousness Studies |date=January 2008 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=5β16 |last1=Ramachandran |first1=V. S. |last2=McGeoch |first2=P. D. }}</ref> Similarly, subjects who had undergone [[mastectomy]] reported experiencing phantom breasts; these reports were substantially less common among post-[[sexual reassignment surgery|operative]] transgender men.<ref name="Consciousness">[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2008/00000015/00000001/art00001 Phantom Penises In Transsexuals], by V.S. Ramachandran; in ''[[Journal of Consciousness Studies]]'' Volume 15, Number 1, 2008, pp. 5-16(12); retrieved July 30, 2016</ref>
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