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Published: 07 April 2004

Bilateral self-enucleation of eyes

B B Patil¹ &
N James¹

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Sir,

Self-enucleation of eyes in an extreme but fortunately rare form of self-harm. We present a case and review the literature.

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Department of Ophthalmology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK
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Patil, B., James, N. Bilateral self-enucleation of eyes. Eye 18, 431–432 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6700667

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Published: 07 April 2004
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6700667

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