Serena Dittoni

Visual hallucinations and pontine demyelination in a child: possible REM dissociation?

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine December 1, 2008 Maria Gabriella Vita, Anna Paola Batocchi, Serena Dittoni et al.

An 11 year-old-boy acutely developed complex visual and acoustic hallucinations. Hallucinations, consisting of visions of a threatening, evil character of the Harry Potter saga, persisted for 3 days. Neurological and psychiatric examinations were normal. Ictal EEG was negative. MRI documented 3 small areas of hyperintense signal in the brainstem, along the paramedian and lateral portions of...