Visual Hallucinations as the Presenting Symptom of Senile Dementia
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 161 (2) , 263-265
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.161.2.263
Abstract
A case of senile dementia that initially presented with complex visual hallucinations in the absence of clinical cognitive impairment or other psychopathology is described. Dementia must be added to the differential diagnosis of isolated visual hallucinations in the elderly.Keywords
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