Transient peduncular hallucinations secondary to brain stem compression by a medulloblastoma

Surg Neurol. 1994 Mar;41(3):250-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(94)90132-5.

Abstract

Almost all peduncular hallucinations have been described in patients with intrinsic lesions of the midbrain. An as yet unreported case of peduncular hallucinosis caused by posterior compression of the midbrain by a medulloblastoma in a 16-year-old boy is provided. The hallucinations and associated symptoms only ceased after removal of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Brain Stem* / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Stem* / pathology
  • Hallucinations / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Male
  • Medulloblastoma / complications*
  • Medulloblastoma / pathology
  • Medulloblastoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt