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Complex visual hallucinations in Charles Bonnet Syndrome are associated with a hypermetabolism in the visual associative cortex

N Garde, T Skripuletz, G Berding, K Weissenborn, C Trebst · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2008 · Heft 09

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Aktuelle Neurologie
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N Garde, T Skripuletz, G Berding, K Weissenborn, C Trebst
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Heft 09 / 2008
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Erschienen: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
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0302-4350
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10.1055/s-0028-1086759

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Introduction: Charles Bonnet Syndrome is a disorder characterised by complex visual hallucinations in the visually impaired patient. These hallucinations presumably arise from visual association cortical areas after being deafferentiated from the central visual pathway („deafferentiation theory“). Such deafferentiation typically occurs in eye-diseases such as macular degeneration or optic atrophy. Case presentation: Here, we present a case of a 94 year old otherwise healthy woman who was brought to the emergency department with acute onset of visual disturbances such as macropsia and protosometamorphopsia (disto…

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