Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient

Self-enucleation is a very unusual form of self-mutilation directly linked to mental illness. In this case we present a 26-year-old schizophrenic patient who attempted to enucleate his eye with a rollerball pen. Antipsychotic therapy and emergency surgery saved the patient eye and emphasize the impo...

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Main Authors: Noam Bar-Yaakov, Romi Noy Achiron, Michael Paul, Asaf Achiron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/237214
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