Musical hallucinations following insular glioma resection.
Hallucinations can be auditory, visual, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory, and can be caused by psychiatric (such as schizophrenia and depression), neurological (such as cerebrovascular accidents, neoplasia, and infection), or endocrine and metabolic disorders. Musical hallucinations related to neurological disorders are rare. The authors present a case of a patient with a right insular glioma who developed transient musical hallucinations after microsurgical resection of the tumor.
Isolan
Gustavo Rassier
GR
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. gisolan@yahoo.com.br
Bianchin
Marino Muxfeldt
MM
Bragatti
José Augusto
JA
Torres
Carolina
C
Schwartsmann
Gilberto
G
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