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  • Title: Autoenucleation: a case report and literature review.
    Author: Fan AH.
    Journal: Psychiatry (Edgmont); 2007 Oct; 4(10):60-2. PubMed ID: 20428312.
    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.
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