Who Is The Mystery Man? Charles Bonnet Syndrome In The Setting Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Abstract

glucose, TSH, parathy-roid hormone, vitamin B12, thiamine, folate levels. His urine drug screen was negative for recreational drugs and alcohol level was not Summary Hallucinations are sensory experiences of something that is not actually present. They can occur in all five senses. Visual hallucina tions are a clinical manifestation of neuro-ophthalmological dysfunc- tion resulting from a wide variety of underlying etiologies. They can be very discomforting to some patients, regardless of their insight and can significantly decrease quality of life. Charles Bonnet Syn drome is an often-unrecognized condition where visual hallucina- tions occur in the setting of visual acuity or field loss. Clinicians can have the tendency to diagnose these patients with dementia or psy- chosis. Due to the lack of familiarity, it is possible that the syndrome is more prevalent than reported. This case concerns a 69-year-old male patient presenting with complex visual hallucinations, sugges-tive of Charles Bonnet Syndrome.