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Complex Visual Hallucinations (complex + visual_hallucination)

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Complex visual hallucination and mirror sign in posterior cortical atrophy

ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 1 2006
T. Yoshida
Objective:, In posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), visual hallucinations are rare symptoms and mirror sign has not been described. Method:, Single case report. Results:, We reported a 60-year-old woman with PCA who reported complex visual hallucinations, such as a man walking in her room, and mirror sign, which was the perception of a stranger staring at her when she looked into a mirror. She could not recognize images of herself in the mirror correctly, although she could recognize that a person standing next to her and the images of that person reflected in the mirror were the same person. Conclusion:, Early complex visual hallucinations in this patient appeared to be more characteristic of dementia with Lewy body than Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is hard to explain mirror sign in this patient as being because of either prosopagnosia, Balint's syndrome or advanced AD. This patient may have other underlying cognitive dysfunction. [source]

Peduncular hallucinosis due to brain metastases from cervix cancer: a case report

ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA, Issue 3 2003
Mustafa Gokce
Background:, Brain metastases from cervical carcinoma are rare. Accompanying symptoms depend on the location of the metastatic lesions. Penduncular hallucinosis is a vivid form of hallucination with clinical findings indicating a lesion of the upper midbrain. We hereby report a probable first case of peduncular hallucinosis associated with brain metastases from cervical cancer. Case:, A 42-year-old woman had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of cervix. On admission for her increasing pelvic pain, she had complex visual hallucinations comprising cartoon children, figurative people and a foggy room. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed a lesion in the left mesencephalothalamic area. Conclusion:, Peduncular hallucinosis is well known for its vivid and life-like characteristics associated with a mesencephalic area lesion, and recognition of this may be useful of its diagnosis and differential diagnosis from confusion and other hallucinations. [source]