ABSTRACT
An 83-year-old visually impaired woman was admitted to the hospital because of complex visual hallucinations. Her symptoms were indicative of the Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS). On the basis of this case we explore the relationship between CBS and dementia and discuss the different opinions on this topic.
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Dementia/diagnosis , Hallucinations/diagnosis , Vision Disorders/diagnosis , Aged, 80 and over , Dementia/psychology , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Hallucinations/psychology , Humans , Syndrome , Vision Disorders/psychologyABSTRACT
A 34-year-old woman presented with complex symptoms of unknown origin. Because she suffered from a co-existing learning disability (mental retardation) and dysmorphic disorders a genetic examination was carried out. This revealed a submicroscopic terminal deletion of the long arm of chromosome 3. The contribution that clinical genetics make to the diagnosis of mental retardation is discussed on the basis of a review of the recent literature.