[Visual hallucinations and palinopsia in stroke.].

We describe three patients who experienced simple and complex visual hallucinations, palinopsia and palinacusis in the immediate post-stroke period following parietal and occipital stroke. The hallucinations and palinopsia occurred in a defective or a blind visual field in two of the three patients. Such hallucinations are relatively uncommon but should be recognised as a complication of stroke, as part of or following an epileptic attack and after brain surgery. They usually disappear with time.