Peduncular hallucinations in brainstem encephalitis drawn by a patient
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Peduncular hallucinations in brainstem encephalitis drawn by a patient.
A 74-year-old man presented with acute cerebellar ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, left facial dysesthesia and weakness, dysarthria, dysphasia, and hyperreflexia. Episodic evening hallucinations occurred, triggered by eye closing, and lasted minutes; they were unaccompanied by paranoia, delusions, or REM sleep behavior disorder. We diagnosed brainstem encephalitis, apparently immune-mediated because IV...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31826e2673