title: Three Cases with Visual Hallucinations following Combined Ocular and Occipital Damage.
abstract: Charles Bonnet syndrome is an underrecognized disease that involves visual hallucinations in visually impaired patients. We present the cases of three patients who experienced complex visual hallucinations following various pathomechanisms. In two cases, diagnosis showed coexistence of occipital lobe damage with ocular damage, while in the third case it showed occipital lobe damage with retrobulbar optic neuritis. Theories of pathogenesis and the neuroanatomical basis of complex visual hallucinations are discussed and supported by literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Ulica Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogusław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paradowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Ulica Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kowalczyk
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Ulica Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chojdak-Łukasiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Ulica Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loster-Niewińska
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, Ulica Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Służewska-Niedźwiedź