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Recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations as visual aura symptom in migraine
1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Technology Aachen, Germany.
Abstract:
Since her early 30s a 72-year-old female migraine sufferer has experienced recurrent episodes of Lilliputian hallucinations occurring at the peak of her severe migraine attacks and lasting between 2 min and 5 min, suggesting that her miniature hallucinations represent a visual migraine aura symptom. The existence of Lilliputian hallucinations of a migrainous nature is confirmed by four similar case reports reviewed from the migraine literature. The occurrence of similar Lilliputian hallucinations in the syndrome of peduncular hallucinosis, due to mesencephalic and/or thalamic lesions, supports the notion that the patient's recurrent Lilliputian hallucinations might have been aura symptoms of basilar migraine.
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