'Peduncular hallucinosis' following paramedian thalamic infarction.
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.
Feinberg
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WM
Department of Neurology, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
Rapcsak
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SZ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology