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Hallucinations from radiotherapy
Identifier
006883
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 1
Background
A description of the experience
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998 Feb;64(2):259-61. Functional experiential hallucinosis after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Lam LC, Leung SF, Chow LY.
OBJECTIVE: To consider the relation between functional experiential hallucinosis and brain injury induced by radiotherapy.
METHODS: Single case report.
RESULTS: A female patient presented with a four year history of functional experiential hallucinosis after two courses of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Brain MRI showed hyperintense changes over the left temporal lobe.
CONCLUSION: It is proposed that the hallucinosis was causally related to temporal lobe injury, a documented late complication of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
PMID: 9489544