'Peduncular hallucinosis' following paramedian thalamic infarction

Neurology. 1989 Nov;39(11):1535-6. doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.11.1535.

Abstract

An 83-year-old man had the sudden onset of vivid formed hallucinations, agitation, and sleep disturbance suggesting "peduncular hallucinosis." A magnetic resonance scan revealed a right paramedian thalamic infarction with no abnormality of the cerebral peduncles or midbrain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cerebral Infarction / complications*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Hallucinations / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mesencephalon / pathology
  • Thalamic Diseases / complications*
  • Thalamic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Thalamus / pathology