Multiple visual hallucinations and pseudohallucinations in one individual patient: when the world is turning upside down and the television keeps falling to the ground while dwarfs are parading on the ceiling.

Authors :: Killer HE
Buettner UW
Source :: Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde [Ophthalmologica] 2005 Mar-Apr; Vol. 219 (2), pp. 115-8.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: We report on a patient who experienced visual hallucinations and pseudohallucinations comprising palinopsia, peduncular hallucinosis, and oblique vision. The most probable etiologies of these phenomena are discussed with respect to clinical presentation and findings on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.<br /> (Copyright (c) 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel.)

Subjects :: Aged
Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease diagnosis
Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease physiopathology
Brain Ischemia diagnosis
Brain Ischemia physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Hallucinations diagnosis
Hallucinations physiopathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Vision, Ocular physiology
Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease complications
Brain Ischemia complications
Hallucinations etiology
Pons

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0030-3755
Volume :: 219
Issue :: 2
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 15802938
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1159/000083272

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