[A Mini Dictionary of Visual Hallucination Syndromes]

Brain Nerve. 2021 Nov;73(11):1249-1257. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416201925.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Visual hallucinations occur in individuals with paroxysmal neurological diseases, such as epilepsy and migraine, alcohol withdrawal, use of anticholinergic or hallucinogenic drugs, neurodegenerative diseases, focal brain injury, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. In this review, I discuss the phenomenology and pathophysiology of the 11 clinical conditions associated with visual hallucinations and their related symptoms.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Epilepsy*
  • Hallucinations
  • Humans
  • Migraine Disorders*
  • Schizophrenia*
  • Syndrome