@article{ref1,
title="Charles-Bonnet syndrome: Report of a case",
journal="Revista de Psiquiatria de la Facultad de Medicina de Barcelona",
year="2006",
author="Grau, L. and Palomo, A.",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="102-105",
abstract="Introducción: Complex visual hallucinations in the elderly people affected with visual impairment are characteristic of the Charles-Bonnet syndrome. In this paper we discuss a patient with this diagnosis and we review the subject from a historical, epidemiologic and therapeutic perspective. Clinical case: An 80 year-old male presented complex visual hallucinations after suffering a retinal bilateral thrombosis. Although the patient was aware of the unreality of the images, they produced severe distress and behavioural disturbances that led him to a suicide attempt. The patient was admitted in a psychiatric unit after an organic cause (tumor, cerebral stroke, others) was discarded performing neuroimaging tests. Other causes such as drug use or cognitive impairment were also discarded; hence he was diagnosed as Charles-Bonnet syndrome. After receiving antipsychotic treatment and psychotherapy his condition improved. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The Charles-Bonnet syndrome diagnosis has to be considered in the differential diagnosis of hallucinatory processes in people with sensory impairment.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0213-7429",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}