title: Autoenucleation: a case report and literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To inform readers of the psychopathology underlying ocular autoenucleation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical and psychiatric units of tertiary care medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Fan is a staff psychiatrist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Alexander H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Fan