hallucinations/edema

BACKGROUND The CALM-PD trial evaluated the development of motor complications in subjects with early Parkinson disease (PD) randomized to initial treatment with either pramipexole or levodopa. A secondary finding of the trial was a higher than anticipated development or worsening of somnolence and

We report a 74-year-old man with gelastic seizure, simple visual hallucination, and adversive seizure. The patient described his visual hallucinations as "rotating light like a firefly" and "mimicking a stream". Brain CT scan showed a transient swelling as well as low density of a left

It has been known for some time that musical hallucinations occur in deaf patients. This has been ignored, as it has been believed that neurological and psychiatric causes predominate. However, despite specific appeals, no one with musical hallucinations and a lesion in the brain but not in the ear

OBJECTIVE To describe transient structured visual hallucinations in a patient with vascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), following an intravitreal Avastin-injection. METHODS Interventional case reports. METHODS A fully alert 83-year-old woman with disciform scar right eye (OD) and occult

OBJECTIVE To report the first case of a patient with bilateral multiple exudative retinal detachments and macular edema after smoking Bonzai. METHODS A 17-year-old girl presented with a complaint of a sudden onset of reduced vision in both eyes. She was admitted to the emergency service 3 days ago

We presented a 65-year-old man with the right occipital dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) who first experienced photopsia in his left inferior quadrantanopic field and then developed formed hallucinations 8 days later. His visual hallucinations disappeared with saccadic eye movements. EEG

Venom of Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is an extremely toxic one and it stimulates voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels. In case of a stung by this scorpion; excessive catecholamine release occur and it impairs left ventricle contractility and consequently a heart failure

The main adverse effects of dopaminergic drugs used in Parkinson's disease are hypotension, somnolence, hallucinations and impulse control disorder. Less common is leg edema. We report on a 68-year-old male receiving levodopa and pramipexole consulting for severe leg edema lasting two years, whose

METHODS A 27-year-old man, employed by a synthetic fiber company, had been exposed to dimethylacetamide, ethylenediamine, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate in a confined space continuously for 4-6 hours per day for 3 days before admission. Hallucinations and delusions were noted at admission;

BACKGROUND This multicentre open-label trial examined the efficacy and safety of the traditional Japanese medicine, or Kampo medicine, yokukansan (YKS), for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies. METHODS Sixty-three dementia with Lewy

Peduncular hallucinosis may be observed in patients with thalamic or brain stem ischemia or hemorrhage, while it has been less often described in association with brain stem or cerebellar tumors. We report in this paper two cases associated with large posterior fossa meningiomas. In the first

Case report on a patient aged 57 with periodic respiration and paroxysmal tendency to fall asleep in daytime. Between sleep and waking he had typical apnoic intervals with passing, but definite, hallucinations. The cause, in accord with the literature, is considered to have been edema of the upper

This case report describes three separate episodes of isolated ataxia, hallucinations of being accompanied by another person, and bilateral dressing apraxia occurring in a single individual without prior warning signs. These symptoms are attributable to disruption of vestibular processing in the

Neurocysticercosis is common in Asia, Africa and South America including Mexico. A diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was made neuroradiologically in an 8-year-old Mexican girl, who had suffered from learning difficulties for a year, and subsequently developed headache, vomiting, gait disturbance,

BACKGROUND Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) is a rare cause of bilateral severe and bilateral visual loss. Three mechanisms for posterior ischemic optic neuropathy are recognized: arteritic, non-arteritic, and peri- or postoperative. We report a case of bilateral postoperative posterior