Citation

Straßburger P, Váradi G. Ophthalmologe 2013; 110(5): 451-454.

Vernacular Title

Traumatische Enukleation : Unfall oder Selbstverletzung?

Affiliation

Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Flemmingstr. 2, 09116, Chemnitz, Deutschland, strassburgerp@skc.de.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00347-012-2683-z

PMID

23179946

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman was admitted for emergency treatment after traumatic enucleation. Because of the position of the avulsed eye and the acute mental condition of the patient a trauma caused by self-mutilation could not be excluded. There was even the suspicion of self-enucleation in a second case and in both cases a psychiatrist was consulted but ultimately a disastrous accident was clearly verified for both patients. Nevertheless, an interdisciplinary evaluation should be initiated in cases of patients with a suspicious traumatic injury as in cases of self-mutilation the danger of relapse is high in the first hours and weeks after the primary event.

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