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GMS Ophthalmol Cases
May 2023
Guru Nanak Eye Centre, MAMC, New Delhi, India.
A young male was brought to the ophthalmic emergency by his family with severe bleeding from both eyes after self-inflicted injury with scissors in a fit of mania. He had a history of schizophrenia and has been on irregular treatment for the past 10 years. Both eyes were severely damaged with avulsion of all extraocular muscles in one eye and a large corneoscleral laceration in the other.
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March 2023
Department of Ophthalmology, The Third Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
is a newly discovered gene responsible for congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP). Its clinical manifestations are various and not widely known. The clinical data of two infants diagnosed with CIP associated with mutation were collected.
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July 2022
Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Liège, Belgique.
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.
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June 2022
Prisma Health System, Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 104 Simpson St, Greenville, SC, 29605, USA.
Purpose: Open globe injury is an emergent, vision threatening condition. To ensure the best possible visual outcome after an open globe, it is essential to protect the eye from further trauma during the critical period of healing. In cases where the open globe is caused by repeated self-mutilation, long term prevention of re-injury must also be considered and can pose a significant challenge.
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