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]
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^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. PMID18247192. S2CID1605060.