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Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder
Self-inflicted eye trauma is a serious form of self-harm as it may lead to irreversible visual disability. Diagnosing self-inflicted ocular injuries, in all its forms, can be quite challenging. In this report, we are presenting a 5-year-old girl presented to Sohag University Outpatient Clinic with a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29997760 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/6771 |
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author | Mounir, Amr Elghobaier, Mohamed Gamal Sadek, Abdelrahim Abdrabou Othman, Amr Ahmed |
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description | Self-inflicted eye trauma is a serious form of self-harm as it may lead to irreversible visual disability. Diagnosing self-inflicted ocular injuries, in all its forms, can be quite challenging. In this report, we are presenting a 5-year-old girl presented to Sohag University Outpatient Clinic with a history of repeated attacks of bilateral eye redness with blood-tinged strands removed from her eyes. After ocular examination, inferior bulbar conjunctival injection with blood-tinged strands were found. After careful examination of the strands, it was discovered that they were actual threads of cloth due to self-inflicted eye injury. Following psychiatric consultation, the patient was diagnosed as having a major depressive disorder. The case was subject to pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment, and showed significant improvement within two months of starting treatment as regard to depressive symptoms and self-injury behaviors. Although self-inflicted ocular injuries due to pediatric mood disorders are rare, it should be suspected in any case of unexplained chronic conjunctivitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-60331212018-07-11 Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder Mounir, Amr Elghobaier, Mohamed Gamal Sadek, Abdelrahim Abdrabou Othman, Amr Ahmed Electron Physician Case Report Self-inflicted eye trauma is a serious form of self-harm as it may lead to irreversible visual disability. Diagnosing self-inflicted ocular injuries, in all its forms, can be quite challenging. In this report, we are presenting a 5-year-old girl presented to Sohag University Outpatient Clinic with a history of repeated attacks of bilateral eye redness with blood-tinged strands removed from her eyes. After ocular examination, inferior bulbar conjunctival injection with blood-tinged strands were found. After careful examination of the strands, it was discovered that they were actual threads of cloth due to self-inflicted eye injury. Following psychiatric consultation, the patient was diagnosed as having a major depressive disorder. The case was subject to pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment, and showed significant improvement within two months of starting treatment as regard to depressive symptoms and self-injury behaviors. Although self-inflicted ocular injuries due to pediatric mood disorders are rare, it should be suspected in any case of unexplained chronic conjunctivitis. Electronic physician 2018-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6033121/ /pubmed/29997760 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/6771 Text en © 2018 The Authors This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mounir, Amr Elghobaier, Mohamed Gamal Sadek, Abdelrahim Abdrabou Othman, Amr Ahmed Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
title | Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
title_full | Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
title_fullStr | Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
title_short | Pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
title_sort | pediatric self-inflicted eye trauma due to a major depressive disorder |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29997760 http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/6771 |
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