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Alice in Wonderland syndrome

MedGen UID:
473310
Concept ID:
C0854348
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0024429

Definition

A neurological syndrome characterized by distorted perceptions of shape, loss of sense of time, and visual, auditory, and tactile hallucinations. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAlice in Wonderland syndrome

Professional guidelines

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Piervincenzi C, Petsas N, Viganò A, Mancini V, Mastria G, Puma M, Giannì C, Di Piero V, Pantano P
Neurol Sci 2023 Jan;44(1):305-317. Epub 2022 Sep 17 doi: 10.1007/s10072-022-06404-1. PMID: 36114397
Brigo F, Zanchin G, Martini M, Lorusso L; Study Group on the History of Neurology of the Italian Neurological Society
Neurol Sci 2022 Mar;43(3):2141-2144. Epub 2021 Aug 11 doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05531-5. PMID: 34379237
Mastria G, Mancini V, Cesare MD, Puma M, Alessiani M, Petolicchio B, Viganò A, Di Piero V
Cephalalgia 2021 Apr;41(5):515-524. Epub 2020 Nov 9 doi: 10.1177/0333102420968245. PMID: 33167711
Valença MM, de Oliveira DA, Martins HA
Headache 2015 Oct;55(9):1233-48. Epub 2015 Sep 30 doi: 10.1111/head.12688. PMID: 26422755
Liu AM, Liu JG, Liu GW, Liu GT
Pediatr Neurol 2014 Sep;51(3):317-20. Epub 2014 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.04.007. PMID: 25160537

Diagnosis

Lanska DJ, Lanska JR
Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:142-150. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475722. PMID: 29151098
O'Toole P, Modestino EJ
Brain Dev 2017 Jun;39(6):470-474. Epub 2017 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2017.01.004. PMID: 28189272
Mastria G, Mancini V, Viganò A, Di Piero V
Biomed Res Int 2016;2016:8243145. Epub 2016 Dec 27 doi: 10.1155/2016/8243145. PMID: 28116304Free PMC Article
Blumenfeld AE, Victorio MC, Berenson FR
Semin Pediatr Neurol 2016 Feb;23(1):18-22. Epub 2016 Jan 22 doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2016.01.007. PMID: 27017017
Valença MM, de Oliveira DA, Martins HA
Headache 2015 Oct;55(9):1233-48. Epub 2015 Sep 30 doi: 10.1111/head.12688. PMID: 26422755

Therapy

Philip M, Kornitzer J, Marks D, Lee HJ, Souayah N
Brain Imaging Behav 2015 Dec;9(4):910-2. doi: 10.1007/s11682-015-9355-y. PMID: 25663031
Ilik F, Ilik K
Neurocase 2014 Aug;20(4):474-5. Epub 2013 Aug 19 doi: 10.1080/13554794.2013.826676. PMID: 23957288
Zhang J, Wang G, Jiang Y, Dong W, Tian Y, Wang K
Headache 2012 Nov-Dec;52(10):1483-98. Epub 2012 Jul 23 doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02222.x. PMID: 22822901
Hamed SA
BMC Neurol 2010 Jan 6;10:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-2. PMID: 20053267Free PMC Article
Evans RW
Headache 2006 May;46(5):815-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00458_1.x. PMID: 16643588

Prognosis

Fénelon G, Parant J, Cleret de Langavant L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2021 Dec;177(10):1221-1227. Epub 2021 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.03.004. PMID: 34247848
Rothner AD, Parikh S
Headache 2016 Jan;56(1):206-14. doi: 10.1111/head.12750. PMID: 26790855
Liu AM, Liu JG, Liu GW, Liu GT
Pediatr Neurol 2014 Sep;51(3):317-20. Epub 2014 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.04.007. PMID: 25160537
Dooley JM, Augustine HF, Gordon KE, Brna PM, Westby E
Pediatr Neurol 2014 Sep;51(3):321-3. Epub 2014 Jun 5 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.05.032. PMID: 24997852
Weidenfeld A, Borusiak P
Childs Nerv Syst 2011 Jun;27(6):893-6. Epub 2011 Feb 3 doi: 10.1007/s00381-011-1400-6. PMID: 21287179

Clinical prediction guides

Reynolds MS, Katz BJ, Digre KB, Brintz BJ, Olson LM, Warner JEA
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Dec 1;42(4):524-529. Epub 2022 Jul 13 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001650. PMID: 36166802Free PMC Article
Fénelon G, Parant J, Cleret de Langavant L
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2021 Dec;177(10):1221-1227. Epub 2021 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.03.004. PMID: 34247848
Smith RA, Wright B, Bennett S
Arch Dis Child 2015 Mar;100(3):296-8. Epub 2014 Oct 29 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305283. PMID: 25355729
Dooley JM, Augustine HF, Gordon KE, Brna PM, Westby E
Pediatr Neurol 2014 Sep;51(3):321-3. Epub 2014 Jun 5 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.05.032. PMID: 24997852
Lahat E, Berkovitch M, Barr J, Paret G, Barzilai A
J Child Neurol 1999 Nov;14(11):732-5. doi: 10.1177/088307389901401109. PMID: 10593551

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