Diseases

Charles Bonnet Syndrome

Repetitive visual hallucinations experienced mostly by elderly with diminished visual acuity or visual field loss, with awareness of the fictional nature of their hallucinations. It is not associated with delusions and other sensory hallucinations.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Repetitive visual hallucinations experienced mostly by elderly with diminished visual acuity or visual field loss, with awareness of the fictional nature of their hallucinations. It is not associated with delusions and other sensory hallucinations.

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2018

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Previous Indexing

  • Hallucinations (1969-2017)

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  1. C10w.597.606.762.300w.500w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.764.300w.500w
  3. F01.700.750.300w.500w

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WM 204

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000075562. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000075562
  2. Charles Bonnet Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_release_hallucinations
  3. Charles Bonnet Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921907