Transient and spontaneously-remitting complex hallucinations in a patient with melanoma and brain metastases.
BACKGROUND
Neuropsychiatric sequelae are common in primary and secondary brain tumors, with symptoms varying as a function of tumor type, location, and size.


OBJECTIVE
The author presents a case of a 49-year-old woman with melanoma metastatic to the brain, in an effort to link lesions and complex olfactory and visual hallucinations.


METHODS
The patient's history and clinical diagnostic procedures are presented.


RESULTS
A computerized tomographic scan showed lesions in the right parietal lobe, bilateral ring enhancing lesions, an enhancing lesion in the frontal lobes, and another lesion in the left temporal lobe.


CONCLUSIONS
The author discusses possible causal connections among lesions found and various complex symptoms.
Lee
Tih-Shih
TS
tish.lee@duke.edu
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000556:secondary*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed