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Tear your eyes out ! A case of bilateral auto-enucleation
Triffaux MS , Triffaux JM , Rakic JM
Rev Med Liege 2022, 77(7-8),456-461Abstract : Bilateral autoenucleation is an extremely rare form of ocular self-mutilation. This gesture usually occurs in psychotic patients. In a moment of madness, a 28-year-old man brutally tore out both of his eyes. He was in acute relapse of schizophrenia after having interrupted all neuroleptic treatment for 6 months. Four days after admission, surgical enucleation was the only possible outcome. Facing the complexity of this clinical case, the ophthalmologist has a central role in the organization of long-term surgical, neurological and psychiatric care.
