Epilepsy with visual hallucination as the main ictal symptom: A report of five cases and literature review
10.19845/j.cnki.zfysjjbzz.2025.0137
- VernacularTitle:以视幻觉为主要发作症状的癫痫5例报告并文献复习
- Author:
Xin DENG
1
;
Yang LIU
1
Author Information
1. 北京大学第一医院神经内科,北京 100034
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epilepsy;
Simple visual hallucination;
Complex visual hallucination
- From:
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases
2025;42(8):718-721
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To summarize the clinical features of epileptic patients with visual hallucination as the main ictal symptom.Methods The epileptic patients with visual hallucination as the main feature who were admitted to Peking University First Hospital were enrolled, and clinical data were collected for descriptive analysis.Results Five epileptic patients were enrolled, among whom there were two patients with simple visual hallucination and three patients with complex visual hallucinations. Three patients were found to have intracranial space-occupying lesions, one with a left occipital vascular malformation, one located subcortically in the right posterior temporal region, and one in the anterior temporal area.Conclusion Epileptic seizures with visual symptoms are relatively uncommon in clinical practice, and this study reports five epileptic patients with the main symptom of classic visual hallucination, in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of such diseases among clinicians.