title: Pediatric phantom vision (Charles Bonnet) syndrome.
abstract: Visual symptomatology in childhood often presents diagnostic difficulties. Recurrent paroxysmal visual complaints, although typically associated with migraine, may also signal other disorders. We describe a 9-year-old partially sighted male with paroxysmal zoopsias resulting from Charles Bonnet syndrome. This condition is characterized by paroxysmal visual hallucinations occurring in patients with chronic visual impairment, akin to the phantom-limb phenomenon. This pediatric case is the fourth report of this condition. We have reviewed the other cases.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department; University Children's Hospital Queen Fabiola, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Leena D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Mewasingh
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kornreich
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Christiaens
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Christophe
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dan
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001766:Blindness / Q000150:complications*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*