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Visual hallucination

MedGen UID:
66688
Concept ID:
C0233763
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Visual hallucinations
SNOMED CT: Seeing things (64269007); Visual hallucinations (64269007)
 
HPO: HP:0002367

Definition

Visual perception in the absence of a visual stimulus. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Panza F, Lozupone M, Watling M, Imbimbo BP
Expert Opin Pharmacother 2021 Feb;22(3):325-337. Epub 2020 Oct 6 doi: 10.1080/14656566.2020.1828350. PMID: 33021110
Swann P, O'Brien JT
Int Psychogeriatr 2019 Jun;31(6):815-836. Epub 2018 Nov 6 doi: 10.1017/S1041610218001400. PMID: 30398127
Miyoshi K, Ueki A, Nagano O
Eur Neurol 1996;36 Suppl 1:49-8. doi: 10.1159/000118884. PMID: 8791021

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Collerton D, Barnes J, Diederich NJ, Dudley R, Ffytche D, Friston K, Goetz CG, Goldman JG, Jardri R, Kulisevsky J, Lewis SJG, Nara S, O'Callaghan C, Onofrj M, Pagonabarraga J, Parr T, Shine JM, Stebbins G, Taylor JP, Tsuda I, Weil RS
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023 Jul;150:105208. Epub 2023 May 2 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105208. PMID: 37141962
Fernyhough C
Psychol Med 2019 Dec;49(16):2639-2645. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1017/S0033291719002496. PMID: 31530334Free PMC Article
Ffytche DH, Aarsland D
Int Rev Neurobiol 2017;133:585-622. Epub 2017 Jun 16 doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2017.04.005. PMID: 28802934
Lee JY, Ahn J, Kim TW, Jeon BS
J Parkinsons Dis 2014;4(2):197-204. doi: 10.3233/JPD-130306. PMID: 24518436
ffytche DH
Curr Opin Neurol 2009 Feb;22(1):28-35. doi: 10.1097/wco.0b013e32831f1b3f. PMID: 19165953

Diagnosis

Brandt C, Klein P, Badalamenti V, Gasalla T, Whitesides J
Epilepsy Behav 2020 Feb;103(Pt A):106864. Epub 2020 Jan 12 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106864. PMID: 31937513
Fernyhough C
Psychol Med 2019 Dec;49(16):2639-2645. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1017/S0033291719002496. PMID: 31530334Free PMC Article
van Ommen MM, van Laar T, Cornelissen FW, Bruggeman R
Psychiatry Res 2019 Oct;280:112517. Epub 2019 Aug 10 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112517. PMID: 31446216
Lee JY, Ahn J, Kim TW, Jeon BS
J Parkinsons Dis 2014;4(2):197-204. doi: 10.3233/JPD-130306. PMID: 24518436
ffytche DH
Curr Opin Neurol 2009 Feb;22(1):28-35. doi: 10.1097/wco.0b013e32831f1b3f. PMID: 19165953

Therapy

Blackman G, Dadwal AK, Teixeira-Dias M, Ffytche D
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2023 Nov;28(6):391-405. Epub 2023 Nov 30 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2023.2266872. PMID: 37922514
Brandt C, Klein P, Badalamenti V, Gasalla T, Whitesides J
Epilepsy Behav 2020 Feb;103(Pt A):106864. Epub 2020 Jan 12 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106864. PMID: 31937513
van Ommen MM, van Laar T, Cornelissen FW, Bruggeman R
Psychiatry Res 2019 Oct;280:112517. Epub 2019 Aug 10 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112517. PMID: 31446216
Swann P, O'Brien JT
Int Psychogeriatr 2019 Jun;31(6):815-836. Epub 2018 Nov 6 doi: 10.1017/S1041610218001400. PMID: 30398127
Lee CY, Cheng SJ, Lin HC, Liao YL, Chen PH
Behav Neurol 2018;2018:8320901. Epub 2018 Jul 5 doi: 10.1155/2018/8320901. PMID: 30073037Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Omoto S, Murakami H, Shiraishi T, Bono K, Umehara T, Iguchi Y
Acta Neurol Scand 2021 May;143(5):538-544. Epub 2020 Dec 4 doi: 10.1111/ane.13380. PMID: 33222164
Smailes D, Burdis E, Gregoriou C, Fenton B, Dudley R
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2020 Mar;25(2):113-125. Epub 2019 Dec 6 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2019.1700789. PMID: 31810425
ffytche DH
Curr Opin Neurol 2009 Feb;22(1):28-35. doi: 10.1097/wco.0b013e32831f1b3f. PMID: 19165953
Braun CM, Guimond A
Behav Neurol 2008;19(4):153-68. doi: 10.1155/2008/139436. PMID: 19096140Free PMC Article
Barnes J, David AS
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001 Jun;70(6):727-33. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.70.6.727. PMID: 11385004Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Yuki N, Yoshioka A, Mizuhara R, Kimura T
Brain Behav 2020 Dec;10(12):e01883. Epub 2020 Oct 20 doi: 10.1002/brb3.1883. PMID: 33078912Free PMC Article
Smailes D, Burdis E, Gregoriou C, Fenton B, Dudley R
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2020 Mar;25(2):113-125. Epub 2019 Dec 6 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2019.1700789. PMID: 31810425
Lee WW, Yoon EJ, Lee JY, Park SW, Kim YK
Neurodegener Dis 2017;17(2-3):63-72. Epub 2016 Oct 20 doi: 10.1159/000448517. PMID: 27760431
Watanabe H, Senda J, Kato S, Ito M, Atsuta N, Hara K, Tsuboi T, Katsuno M, Nakamura T, Hirayama M, Adachi H, Naganawa S, Sobue G
Mov Disord 2013 Oct;28(12):1732-6. Epub 2013 Oct 21 doi: 10.1002/mds.25641. PMID: 24150865
Braun CM, Guimond A
Behav Neurol 2008;19(4):153-68. doi: 10.1155/2008/139436. PMID: 19096140Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Blackman G, Dadwal AK, Teixeira-Dias M, Ffytche D
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2023 Nov;28(6):391-405. Epub 2023 Nov 30 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2023.2266872. PMID: 37922514
Eversfield CL, Orton LD
Psychol Med 2019 Oct;49(14):2342-2353. Epub 2018 Nov 26 doi: 10.1017/S0033291718003161. PMID: 30474581Free PMC Article
Swann P, O'Brien JT
Int Psychogeriatr 2019 Jun;31(6):815-836. Epub 2018 Nov 6 doi: 10.1017/S1041610218001400. PMID: 30398127
Sakakibara R, Tateno F, Kishi M, Tsuyusaki Y, Terada H, Inaoka T
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2014 Mar;20(3):267-73. Epub 2013 Nov 21 doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.11.001. PMID: 24332912

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