title: [Autoscopy and multiple sclerosis].
abstract: A female patient with clinically defined multiple sclerosis presented episodes of audiovisual hallucinations in the form of projections of her own body image speaking to her. EEG and EEG-Holter studies were normal. MRI revealed multiple areas of hypersignals in white matter, particularly in both temporal lobes. The episodes remitted with carbamazepine therapy. We postulate that this phenomenon of autoscopy, which is unusual in multiple sclerosis, may be related to a mechanism of ephaptic transmission in the temporal lobe that is inhibited by carbamazepine, or it may be related to seizure.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de Conxo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bouzón
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Requena
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lema
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ecenarro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pereiro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Autoscopia y esclerosis múltiple.