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Auto-evisceration in an elderly schizophrenic female
B Eshraghy1, F Abdi, N Faramarzi
1, Tehran, Iran.
International Ophthalmology
|February 19, 2013
Abstract:
Auto-evisceration is a severe form of self-mutilation. The majority of cases consist of middle-aged male psychiatric patients with a history of depression, schizophrenia or drug abuse. Here we describe a case of right-sided auto-evisceration by a 72-year-old schizophrenic patient who has been living in a psychiatric institute since she was diagnosed 33 years ago. Following a commanding auditory hallucination, she auto-eviscerated her right eye manually. The patient was admitted to the ophthalmology hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
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