Sugarplum fairies. Visual hallucinations

John W. Gittinger; Neil R. Miller; John L. Keltner; Ronald M. Burde

doi:10.1016/0039-6257(82)90112-6

Sugarplum fairies. Visual hallucinations

John W. Gittinger, Neil R. Miller, John L. Keltner, Ronald M. Burde

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Abstract

A 35-year-old woman with a history of early childhood encephalitis and a cerebrovascular accident during childbirth at 29 presented with visual hallucinations of two years' duration. A meningioma was removed from the right middle cranial fossa, and the visual hallucinations ceased. Visual hallucinations are complex phenomena which may arise through stimulation of the visual pathways at many levels. The case report is followed by discussion of various types of visual hallucinations and the theories and evidence regarding their pathophysiology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	42-48
Number of pages	7
Journal	Survey of ophthalmology
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6257(82)90112-6
State	Published - 1982

Keywords

hallucinations
meningioma
palinopsia tumor
visual hallucinations
visual pathways
visual perseveration

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Ophthalmology

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