Temporal-occipital glioblastoma presenting with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome in a patient with a long-time history of migraine without aura

Giulio Mastria; Valentina Mancini; Alessandro Viganò; Rita De Sanctis; Federica Letteri; Massimiliano Toscano; Vittorio Di Piero

doi:10.1080/13554794.2018.1562079

Temporal-occipital glioblastoma presenting with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome in a patient with a long-time history of migraine without aura

Giulio Mastria, Valentina Mancini, Alessandro Viganò, Rita De Sanctis, Federica Letteri, Massimiliano Toscano, Vittorio Di Piero

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

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Abstract

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) is a rare perceptual disorder characterized by an erroneous perception of the body or the surrounding space. AIWS may be caused by different pathologies, ranging from infections to migraine. We present the case of a 54-year-old man, with a long-time history of migraine without aura, diagnosed with AIWS due to a glioblastoma located in the left temporal-occipital junction. To date, this is the first case of AIWS caused by glioblastoma. This case suggests that to exclude aura-mimic phenomena, a careful diagnostic workup should always be performed even in patients with a long-time history of migraine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	242-244
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurocase
Volume	24
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2018.1562079
Publication status	Published - Jan 3 2019

Keywords

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome/diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms/complications
Glioblastoma/complications
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Migraine without Aura/etiology
Occipital Lobe/diagnostic imaging
Temporal Lobe/diagnostic imaging

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Temporal-occipital glioblastoma presenting with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome in a patient with a long-time history of migraine without aura. / Mastria, Giulio; Mancini, Valentina; Viganò, Alessandro; De Sanctis, Rita; Letteri, Federica; Toscano, Massimiliano; Di Piero, Vittorio.

In: Neurocase, Vol. 24, No. 5-6, 03.01.2019, p. 242-244.

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