title: [Paradoxical cessation in a case of Charles Bonnet syndrome].
abstract: METHODS
  78-year-old male patient diagnosed with Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) showing secondary visual deficit toward end-stage glaucoma. He progressed to amaurosis, with an abrupt disappearance of hallucinations in parallel to the loss of residual vision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paradoxical cessation of CBS occurs when the patient loses residual vision and progresses to amaurosis. The lack of stimulation, both in the corresponding retina and the cortex, lead to the disappearance of hallucinations because the desafferented and hyper-excited neurons lose the necessary stimulus that triggers CBS.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España. Electronic address: esbueso@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos-Bueso
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serrador-García
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sáenz-Francés
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Méndez-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez-de-la-Casa
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Feijoo
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurooftalmología, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Alucinaciones; Baja visión; Cese paradójico; Charles Bonnet; Glaucoma; Hallucinations; Low vision; Paradoxical cessation