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Medknow Publications, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 3(59), p. 229, 2011

DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.81038

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Eye-related visual hallucinations: Consider ‘Charles Bonnet syndrome’

Journal article published in 2011 by Nilgun Cinar, Sevki Sahin ORCID, Sibel Karsidag
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) is typically characterized by visual hallucinations in elderly people without cognitive defects. This article presents the case of an 80-year-old male patient with a one-year history of visual hallucinations, secondary to glaucoma, in both eyes. Neither a dopamine agonist nor cholinesterase inhibitor therapy improved his symptoms. In this case, the hallucinations were gradually improved after administration of a GABAergic drug, pregabalin, for diabetic polyneuropathy. Placebo-controlled clinical trials would be needed to support this effect of pregabalin, as suggested by this association.