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Atypical visual hallucinations in vascular depression following cerebellar stroke
Hugo Bottemanne1, Antoine Wicker1, Edouard Baudouin2
1Service hospitalo-universitaire de psychiatrie de Bicêtre, Mood Center Paris Saclay, Assistance Publique-hôpitaux de Paris, hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Saclay, hôpital de Bicêtre, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; MOODS Team, Inserm 1018, CESP (Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations), université Paris-Saclay, faculté de médecine Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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Cerebrovascular abnormalities may predispose, precipitate, or perpetuate depressive symptoms in old adults, supported by the hypothesis of vascular depression. These depressive episodes are sometimes accompanied by atypical neurological symptoms associated with localized vascular lesions in the brain. We present the case of an 84-year-old man with vascular depression who experienced visual hallucinations and dizziness, coinciding with the incidental discovery of a cerebellar stroke. Based on this clinical case, we discuss the hypothesis of perceptual and affective cerebellar functions.
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