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.
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. - ISSN 1355-4794. - (2019), pp. 1-3. [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
Mancini, Valentina;Viganò, Alessandro;De Sanctis, Rita;Letteri, Federica;Toscano, Massimiliano;Di Piero, Vittorio
2019
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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.