| Identifier |
walsh_1988_s2_c6 |
| Title |
Complex Visual Hallucinations in an Elderly Man |
| Creator |
Mark S. Borchert, MD, University of Southern California |
| Subject |
Hallucinations; Tegmentum Mesencephali; Behavioral Symptoms; Paranoid Behavior |
| History |
An 83-year old male with visual hallucinations and a change in personality. Previous history significant for surgically treat colonic neoplasm, MI, cataract extraction OD, III nerve palsy, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy and cardiomegaly with mitral regurgitation. |
| Pathology |
Cardiac hypertrophy; Atherosclerosis; Liver cirrhosis; nephrpsclerosis; Thalamic occulsion; Lesions within pars reticulata of the substansia nigra characterized by macrophagic infiltration. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Peduncular hallucinosis |
| Clinical |
VA: 20/40 OD, 20/25 OS; Bilateral soft macular drusen with normal optic discs. |
| Presenting Symptom |
Visual hallucinations; Personality change |
| Neuroimaging |
CT |
| Treatment |
Anticonvulsants; Antimanic agents |
| Date |
1988 |
| References |
1. Lhermitte, J.: Syndrome de la calotte pedonculaire: Les troubles psycho-sensoriels dans les lesions du mesencephale. Rev. neurol. 38:1359,1922. 2. van Bogaert, L.: L'hallucinose pedunculaire. Rev. neurol. 1:608, 1927. 3. Lhermitte, J., Levy, G., and Trelles, J.: L'hallucinose pedonculaire(etude anatomique d'un cas). Rev neurol. 1:382, 1932. 4. DeMorsier, G.: Pathogenie de l'hallucinose pedonculaire. Rev. neurol. 64:606, 1935. 5. Rozanski, J.: Peduncular hallucinosis following vertebral angiography. Neurology 2:341, 1952. 6. Hayakawa, I., et al.: Hallucinose pedonculaire in a patient with localized midbrain hemorrhage caused by arterio-venous malformation. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 24:472,1984. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
Text |
| Relation is Part of |
Case presented at the NANOS 1988 Walsh Session, May 7-8 |
| Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
| Publisher |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Holding Institution |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6h41v6z |
| Contributor Primary |
Borchert, Mark |
| Contributor Secondary |
McKee, Ann; Lessell, Simmons Lessell |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178109 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h41v6z |
