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An Unusual Presentation of Vivid Hallucinations

Visual hallucinations may present secondary to neurologic, psychologic, or physiologic disturbances. Certain features and characteristics of visual hallucination are often attributed to various brain regions; however, with a broad list of causes and multifaceted pathophysiology, it is often hard to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Degueure, Arielle, Fontenot, Andee, Husan, Ammar, Khan, Muhammad W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9237857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774701
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25441
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Sumario:Visual hallucinations may present secondary to neurologic, psychologic, or physiologic disturbances. Certain features and characteristics of visual hallucination are often attributed to various brain regions; however, with a broad list of causes and multifaceted pathophysiology, it is often hard to accurately localize. Overlapping clinical presentations may be due to the pathology of brain interconnections, rather than isolated brain regions themselves. In this study, we discuss a case of isolated, complex visual hallucinations secondary to occipital seizures in the radiologic absence of an ischemic injury. We propose that a network-based localizing lesion is responsible for this unconventional presentation.