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Case Reports
. 2007 Oct;4(10):60-2.

Autoenucleation: a case report and literature review

Alexander H Fan  1
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Case Reports

Autoenucleation: a case report and literature review

Alexander H Fan. Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To inform readers of the psychopathology underlying ocular autoenucleation.

Design: Case report and literature review.

Setting: Surgical and psychiatric units of tertiary care medical center.

Participants: One male adult patient with schizophrenia.

Results: Clinical results of this patient were resolution of psychotic symptoms with anti-psychotic medication and blindness in patient's left eye.

Conclusion: This case report is consistent with many cases in the medical and psychiatric literature which demonstrate a psychotic illness underlying acts of autoenucleation. A review of the literature emphasizes the need for aggressive multidisciplinary treatment of the medical emergency and underlying psychiatric condition.

Keywords: autoenucleation; eye; psychosis; schizophrenia; self-injury.

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