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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| description | 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 importance of quick response and good collaboration between psychiatric and ophthalmic teams. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0bf67643490541d782aa351507b2eaf12025-02-03T05:51:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302014-01-01201410.1155/2014/237214237214Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic PatientNoam Bar-Yaakov0Romi Noy Achiron1Michael Paul2Asaf Achiron3The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelTel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelTel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelTel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelSelf-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 importance of quick response and good collaboration between psychiatric and ophthalmic teams.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/237214 |
| spellingShingle | Noam Bar-Yaakov Romi Noy Achiron Michael Paul Asaf Achiron Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine |
| title | Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient |
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| title_fullStr | Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient |
| title_short | Unsuccessful Self-Enucleation in a Schizophrenic Patient |
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