Clinical Reasoning: A 48-year-old Woman With 6 Months of Vivid Visual Hallucinations.


Journal

Neurology
ISSN: 1526-632X
Titre abrégé: Neurology
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401060

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 May 2022
Historique:
received: 18 10 2021
accepted: 14 04 2022
entrez: 16 5 2022
pubmed: 17 5 2022
medline: 17 5 2022
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Visual hallucinations are frequently encountered in clinical practice. It is critical for neurologists, particularly those in training, to develop a systematic approach for evaluating patients presenting with such unique and often perplexing symptoms. Here, we present the case of a 48-year-old woman who developed vivid visual hallucinations after receiving nivolumab for melanoma. We discuss the broad differential diagnosis for visual hallucinations and how the history and examination can guide one's evaluation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35577571
pii: WNL.0000000000200806
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200806
pmc: PMC9421773
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© 2022 by The American College of Gastroenterology.

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Auteurs

Jennifer Kizza (J)

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Richard J Lu (RJ)

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Jonah Zuflacht (J)

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA jonah.zuflacht@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Marc Bouffard (M)

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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