Complex Visual Hallucinations in Macular Degeneration
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 38 (9) , 584-586
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674379303800902
Abstract
A previously healthy elderly patient with a recent onset of macular degeneration presented for evaluation of elaborate complex visual hallucinations. The patient's psychiatric evaluation and level of cognitive functioning were normal. A diagnosis of organic hallucinosis secondary to macular degeneration was made, and the hallucinations ceased with increased sensory stimulation in the hospital. Numerous diagnoses were considered and are discussed, including Charles Bonnet hallucinations and peduncular hallucinosis.Keywords
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