title: Hallucinations as a presenting feature in malignant hypertension.
abstract: A 68-year-old man with malignant hypertension of renovascular origin presented with visual impairment and complex visual hallucinations. Four weeks after the hypertension had been controlled by drugs, the hallucinations ceased and electroencephalographic evidence of encephalopathy resolved.
authors.affiliation: Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosbotham
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology