The Charles Bonnet syndrome in perspective.
The clinical condition occurring in the elderly with preserved intellectual functions, characterized by vivid, elaborate and dynamic recurrent visual pseudo-hallucinatory phenomena of a pleasant or neutral nature and often associated with ocular pathology - the Charles Bonnet Syndrome - is described. Its main clinical features are illustrated and the aetiology discussed. Two new cases are presented and areas for future research are outlined.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000523:psychology; D002386:Cataract / Q000523:psychology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence; D014796:Visual Perception