[A case of Alice in Wonderland syndrome after Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encephalitis: a mimicry of focal epileptic seizure].
Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Epstein–Barr virus
abnormality of motion vision
macropsia
micropsia
Journal
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
ISSN: 1882-0654
Titre abrégé: Rinsho Shinkeigaku
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 0417466
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Jan 2024
27 Jan 2024
Historique:
medline:
29
1
2024
pubmed:
29
1
2024
entrez:
28
1
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
A 30-year-old man who received infliximab for treatment of Crohn's disease developed Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encephalitis, which responded well to therapy; however, he had left lower visual field loss following treatment. The patient noticed peculiar symptoms 9 months after recovery from encephalitis; objects in his view appeared smaller or larger than their actual size (micropsia/macropsia). Moreover, it appeared that objects outside moved faster or slower than their actual speed of movements and moving objects appeared as a series of many consecutive snap shots. His vision was blurred, and he had visual difficulties and a sensation that his body was floating. These symptoms mainly appeared following fatigue and persisted over approximately 10 years. Based on cerebrospinal fluid analysis, brain MRI, N-isopropyl-p-
Identifiants
pubmed: 38281750
doi: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001906
doi:
Types de publication
English Abstract
Journal Article
Langues
jpn
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