Zeynep Ezgi Balcik
Turkey
Case Report
Visual Hallucinations and Ischemic Stroke: Review of 5 Cases
Author(s): Songul Senadim, Zeynep Ezgi Balcik, Ersin Uygun, Mahir Yusifov, Betul Tekin Guveli and H Dilek AtakliSongul Senadim, Zeynep Ezgi Balcik, Ersin Uygun, Mahir Yusifov, Betul Tekin Guveli and H Dilek Atakli
Background: Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) presents with complex, vivid, repetitive visual hallucinations that occur in people who have lost some of their vision. The most common cause is senile macular degeneration. CBS can occur, rarely, in patients whose visual pathways are affected. We present five patients with complex visual hallucinations who had occipital lobe lesions after ischemic stroke. Case report: The patients included four men and one woman with a mean age of 71.8 ± 13.08 years. The neurological examinations showed left homonymous hemianopsia in four patients and right homonymous hemianopsia in one, plus there was hemiparesis in two patients and ataxia in one patient. An acute ischemic lesion was seen in the posterior cerebral artery territory in all patients on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Visual hallucinations in the hemianopic area occur.. View More»
