Recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations as visual aura symptom in migraine.
Since her early 30s a 72-year-old female migraine sufferer has experienced recurrent episodes of Lilliputian hallucinations occurring at the peak of her severe migraine attacks and lasting between 2 min and 5 min, suggesting that her miniature hallucinations represent a visual migraine aura symptom. The existence of Lilliputian hallucinations of a migrainous nature is confirmed by four similar case reports reviewed from the migraine literature. The occurrence of similar Lilliputian hallucinations in the syndrome of peduncular hallucinosis, due to mesencephalic and/or thalamic lesions, supports the notion that the patient's recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations might have been aura symptoms of basilar migraine.
Podoll
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Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Technology Aachen, Germany.
Robinson
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence