Abstract

ACEVEDO-GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos  and  SALAMANCA-TERNERA, María Lucía. Semiology of Hallucinations in Central Nervous System Neoplasms. Univ. Med. [online]. 2020, vol.61, n.4, pp.55-65.  Epub June 30, 2020. ISSN 0041-9095.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed61-4.semi.

Hallucinations are a complex phenomenon present in different psychiatric and non-psychiatric medical entities. One of the conditions that present hallucinations as part of its symptoms is the central nervous system tumor. Tumors in the central nervous system (CNS) correspond to 2 % of all malignancies and have an important component of morbidity and mortality, in part, due to the effects that the symptoms have on the quality of life of the person. The proper diagnostic approach and identification of the etiology of this symptom will determine the prognosis and management alternatives that will vary, depending on the disease that produces it, in the case of central nervous system tumors, some possibility of definitive treatment with curative intentions. The objective of this text is to present semiological characteristics of hallucinations that allow the doctor in practice to evaluate the symptom more clearly at the time of the diagnostic approach, specially the characteristics of its presentation in the context of brain cancer and differentiate it from other possible causes.

Keywords : hallucinations; brain neoplasms; diagnostic errors; cerebrum; diagnostic techniques; neurological.

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