Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma
Peduncluar hallucinosis is a rare neurological disorder characterized by visual hallucinations, often described to be vivid and dream-like. While the exact pathophysiology has yet to be elucidated, most cases to date have suggested an etiology stemming from lesions to the thalamus or midbrain. Here...
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2018-05-01
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| author | Michael Couse Todd Wojtanowicz Sean Comeau Robert Bota |
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| description | Peduncluar hallucinosis is a rare neurological disorder characterized by visual hallucinations, often described to be vivid and dream-like. While the exact pathophysiology has yet to be elucidated, most cases to date have suggested an etiology stemming from lesions to the thalamus or midbrain. Here presented is a case of a 54-year-old female with peduncular hallucinosis secondary to a pontine cavernoma hemorrhage in the setting of essential hypertension. The patient’s vivid visual and auditory hallucinations aligned temporally with the the lesion’s discovery and resolved after pharmaceutical treatment. This case represents a rare form of peduncular hallucinosis secondary to a pontine cavernoma hemorrhage leading to vasospasm in the arteries feeding the brainstem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98ab983ce41b4452a1d3145c86c956752023-01-03T10:18:41ZengHindawi - Emerald PublishingMental Illness2036-74572036-74652018-05-0110110.4081/mi.2018.75863928Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernomaMichael Couse0Todd Wojtanowicz1Sean Comeau2Robert Bota3University of California Irvine, CAUniversity of California Irvine, CAUniversity of California Irvine, CAUniversity of California Irvine, CAPeduncluar hallucinosis is a rare neurological disorder characterized by visual hallucinations, often described to be vivid and dream-like. While the exact pathophysiology has yet to be elucidated, most cases to date have suggested an etiology stemming from lesions to the thalamus or midbrain. Here presented is a case of a 54-year-old female with peduncular hallucinosis secondary to a pontine cavernoma hemorrhage in the setting of essential hypertension. The patient’s vivid visual and auditory hallucinations aligned temporally with the the lesion’s discovery and resolved after pharmaceutical treatment. This case represents a rare form of peduncular hallucinosis secondary to a pontine cavernoma hemorrhage leading to vasospasm in the arteries feeding the brainstem.https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/7586 |
| spellingShingle | Michael Couse Todd Wojtanowicz Sean Comeau Robert Bota Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma Mental Illness |
| title | Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma |
| title_full | Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma |
| title_fullStr | Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma |
| title_short | Peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma |
| title_sort | peduncular hallucinosis associated with a pontine cavernoma |
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