Charles Bonnet syndrome in a Borneo Iban tribesman.
A 31-year-old man Charles Bonnet syndrome is a condition usually seen in the visually-impaired elderly, causing complex visual hallucinations in the absence of any delirium, dementia or psychiatric illness. We report an elderly man, with blindness in one eye and a cataract in the other, from the Iban tribe, which is indigenous to the island of Borneo. He presented with a three-week history of vivid hallucinations of burglars intruding on his living quarters in the longhouse where he lived.
Sabri
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Mental Health Unit, RIPAS Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. reehansabri@hotmail.com
Yasin
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000150:complications*; D001893:Borneo; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000150:complications*