Multiple hallucinations due to brainstem injury: A case report

Silva, Melissa Castello Branco e; Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi

doi:10.1590/S1980-57642010DN40400016

Abstract

We report a case of a 43-year-old woman with brainstem encephalitis in the third trimester of pregnancy. She presented complex visual and auditory hallucinations in the acute disease phase (hearing opera arias and seeing room furniture upside-down). Hallucinations resolved with antiviral treatment.

Key words:
auditory hallucinations; visual hallucinations; brainstem encephalitis

Resumo

Caso de uma mulher de 43 anos, gestante, que apresentou alucinações visuais e auditivas (árias de ópera e visão de móveis do quarto de cabeça para baixo) associadas a fase aguda de encefalite de tronco cerebral. Os sintomas desapareceram com resolução do quadro.

Palavras-chave:
alucinações auditivas; alucinações visuais; encefalite de tronco cerebral

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References

Cascino GD, Adams RD. Brainstem auditory hallucinations. Neurology 1986;36:1042-1047.
Asaad G, Shapiro B. Hallucinations: theoretical and clinical overview. Am Psychiatry 1986;143:1088-1097.
Paquier P, van Vugt P, Bal P, et al. Transient musical hallucinosis of central origin: review and clinical study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992;55:1069-1073.
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Cambier J, Decroix JP, Masson C. Hallucinose auditive dans les lesions du tronc cerebral. Rev Neurol 1987;143:255-262.
Lanska DJ, Lanska MJ, Mendez MF. Brainstem auditory hallucinosis. Neurology 1987;37:1685.
Shinji Murata, Hiroaki Naritomi, Tohr Sawada. Musical auditory hallucinations caused by a brainstem lesion. Neurology 1994; 44:156-158
Killer HE, Buettner UW. Multiple visual hallucinations and pseudohallucinations in one individual patient: when the world is turning upside down and the television keeps falling to the ground while dwarfs are parading on the ceiling. Ophthalmologica 2005;219:115-118.
Larmande P, Missoum A, Tayoro J, Belin C. L'illusion visuelle d'oblique. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1994;150:388-390.
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Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
Oct-Dec 2010

History

Received
10 Aug 2010
Accepted
11 Oct 2010

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[1] Cascino GD, Adams RD. Brainstem auditory hallucinations. Neurology 1986;36:1042-1047.

[2] Asaad G, Shapiro B. Hallucinations: theoretical and clinical overview. Am Psychiatry 1986;143:1088-1097.

[3] Paquier P, van Vugt P, Bal P, et al. Transient musical hallucinosis of central origin: review and clinical study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992;55:1069-1073.

[4] Lhermitte J. Syndrome de La calotte du pédoncoule cerebral: Les troubles psycho-sensoriels dans lês lésion du mésenchephale. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1922;38:1359-1365

[5] Lhermitte J. Les hallucinations . Paris, G Doin ET Cie; 1951

[6] Cambier J, Decroix JP, Masson C. Hallucinose auditive dans les lesions du tronc cerebral. Rev Neurol 1987;143:255-262.

[7] Lanska DJ, Lanska MJ, Mendez MF. Brainstem auditory hallucinosis. Neurology 1987;37:1685.

[8] Shinji Murata, Hiroaki Naritomi, Tohr Sawada. Musical auditory hallucinations caused by a brainstem lesion. Neurology 1994; 44:156-158

[9] Killer HE, Buettner UW. Multiple visual hallucinations and pseudohallucinations in one individual patient: when the world is turning upside down and the television keeps falling to the ground while dwarfs are parading on the ceiling. Ophthalmologica 2005;219:115-118.

[10] Larmande P, Missoum A, Tayoro J, Belin C. L'illusion visuelle d'oblique. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1994;150:388-390.

[11] River Y, Ben Hur T, Steiner I. Reversal of vision metamorphopsia: Clinical and anatomical characteristics. Arch Neurol 1998; 55:1362-1368

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