title: Unsuccessful self-enucleation in a schizophrenic patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Noam
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1349-7090
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bar-Yaakov
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Romi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Noy Achiron
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ; Department of Ophthalmology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ; Department of Ophthalmology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
authors.forename: Asaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achiron