Bilateral corneal perforations and autoproptosis as self-induced manifestations of ocular Munchausen's syndrome

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-255

  Lin, Joseph L ^a   Servat, J Javier ^b   Bernardino, Carlo R ^c   Goldberg, Robert A ^a   Levin, Flora ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Vantage Eye Center   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoproptosis; Ocular munchausen's syndrome; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPROPTOSIS; BILATERAL CORNEAL PERFORATION; BONY DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA PERFORATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; EYELID SCAR; HUMAN; IRIS RUBEOSIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL PERFORATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE INJURIES; EYE PAIN; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; ORBIT; SELF MUTILATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84863640649     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01676830.2012.669013     Document Type: Article

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