Recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations as visual aura symptom in migraine

Cephalalgia. 2001 Dec;21(10):990-2. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2001.00306.x.

Abstract

Since her early 30s a 72-year-old female migraine sufferer has experienced recurrent episodes of Lilliputian hallucinations occurring at the peak of her severe migraine attacks and lasting between 2 min and 5 min, suggesting that her miniature hallucinations represent a visual migraine aura symptom. The existence of Lilliputian hallucinations of a migrainous nature is confirmed by four similar case reports reviewed from the migraine literature. The occurrence of similar Lilliputian hallucinations in the syndrome of peduncular hallucinosis, due to mesencephalic and/or thalamic lesions, supports the notion that the patient's recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations might have been aura symptoms of basilar migraine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Migraine with Aura / complications
  • Migraine with Aura / physiopathology*
  • Recurrence