Enucleation of the eye

Enucleation of the eye
Enucleation of the eye
	An oculoplastic surgeon performing an enucleation of the eye.
ICD-9-CM	16.4
MeSH	D015353
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Enucleation is the removal of the eye that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. This type of ocular surgery is indicated for a number of ocular tumors, in eyes that have sustained severe trauma, and in eyes that are otherwise blind and painful.^[1]

Self-enucleation or auto-enucleation (oedipism) and other forms of serious self-inflicted eye injury are an extremely rare form of severe self-harm that usually results from mental illnesses involving acute psychosis.^[2] The name comes from Oedipus of Greek mythology, who gouged out his own eyes.^[3]

^ "Enucleation". Selected Anomalies and Diseases of the Eye. Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Archived from the original on 2007-11-25. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
^ Large, Matthew; Andrews, Doug; Babidge, Nick; Hume, Frank; Nielssen, Olav (1 January 2008). "Self-inflicted eye injuries in first-episode and previously treated psychosis". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 42 (3): 183–191. doi:10.1080/00048670701827259. PMID 18247192. S2CID 1605060.
^ Murphy, Mary; Nathan, Malavika; Lee, Edward; Parsons, Brian; Gunasekera, Lal (2006). "Oedipism: Auto-enucleation in a schizophrenic patient" (PDF). Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 23 (4): 159–160. doi:10.1017/S0790966700009988. PMID 30290535. S2CID 52923082. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.

[titleEnucleation-1] "Enucleation". Selected Anomalies and Diseases of the Eye. Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Archived from the original on 2007-11-25. Retrieved 2007-12-21.

[2] Large, Matthew; Andrews, Doug; Babidge, Nick; Hume, Frank; Nielssen, Olav (1 January 2008). "Self-inflicted eye injuries in first-episode and previously treated psychosis". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 42 (3): 183–191. doi:10.1080/00048670701827259. PMID 18247192. S2CID 1605060.

[3] Murphy, Mary; Nathan, Malavika; Lee, Edward; Parsons, Brian; Gunasekera, Lal (2006). "Oedipism: Auto-enucleation in a schizophrenic patient" (PDF). Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 23 (4): 159–160. doi:10.1017/S0790966700009988. PMID 30290535. S2CID 52923082. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.

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