Ophthalmology · Ophthalmology / Neuro-ophthalmology
Charles Bonnet syndrome
also: Visual release hallucinations
Complex visual hallucinations with preserved insight in visually impaired people.
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Subspecialty
- Ophthalmology / Neuro-ophthalmology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, slight female predominance; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Visual release hallucinations
Etiology & mechanism
Deafferentation-related cortical hyperexcitability.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (4)
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