title: New phenomenon of abnormal auditory perception associated with emotional and head trauma: pathological confirmation by SPECT scan.
abstract: We report the case of an immigrant who suffered from death threats and head trauma while a prisoner of war in Kuwait. Two months later, he began to hear conversations that had taken place previously. These perceptions occurred spontaneously or were induced by the patient's effortful concentration. The single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) scan performed during this abnormal perceptual experience indicated an increase in regional cerebral blood flow in the left temporal lobe and in the brainstem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, and the Domenici Research Center for Mental Illness, VA Medical Center/University of Minnesota, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. mstephan@umn.edu
authors.forename: Massoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stephane
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matthew
authors.forename: Marshal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Folstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014104:Torture / Q000523:psychology*