Alice-in-Wonderland Syndrome in Patients with Migraine.
Br J Med Med Res
;
2016; 13(11):1-11
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-182684
ABSTRACT
Aims:
Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is a rare neuropsychological syndrome that includes paroxysmal distortion of the body schema, depersonalization, derealization, visual hallucinations, distorted sense of time, and deja vu and jamais vu experiences. Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome may be an equivalent of a migraine attack. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical particulars of Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome in patients suffering from migraine. Place and Duration of Study University Headache Clinic between June 2012 and November 2015.Methodology:
The study sample involved 14 subjects with migraine as defined in the ICHD-III-beta and AIWS (1 male and 13 females) with a mean age of 22.9±12.1 years. 13 patients had migraine with aura, and one subject had migraine without aura. All study subjects were somatically and psychiatric healthy. A specially designed and validated questionnaire was being used to assess symptoms in patients with AIWS.Results:
Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome was characteristically being developed in children and adolescents as part of a migraine aura, combined with a typical impairment of visual perception, or between attacks, and also had episodes of visual hallucinations. Older patients were characterized by only interictal, short (lasting a few seconds) phenomena, which was most commonly teleopsia.Conclusion:
The reported study indicates that Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome is a heterogeneous condition varying with different age subgroups among patients with migraine.
Full text:
Available
Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Language:
English
Journal:
Br J Med Med Res
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS