Table 2.
RBD, parkinsonism and hallucinations in 13 patients with PCA and visual hallucinations
Gender | Age at onset | RBD | Parkinsonism | Description of dominant recurrent visual hallucinations | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient 1 | M | 74 | − | + | Not described |
Patient 2 | M | 60 | + | − | Headless boy in passenger seat of truck |
Patient 3 | F | 66 | − | + | People inside the house |
Patient 4 | F | 63 | + | − | Women inside the house |
Patient 5 | M | 55 | − | + | Realtor inside the house. Persistent pink blob on hand |
Patient 6 | F | 64 | + | + | Children with guns |
Patient 7 | F | 58 | − | + | Very pretty woman inside the house |
Patient 8 | M | 73 | + | + | Man standing in the corner, animals |
Patient 9 | F | 59 | + | − | People, animals, trees and bugs |
Patient 10** | F | 86 | + | + | Deceased relatives inside the bedroom |
Patient 11* | M | 63 | + | + | Strange man with his wife |
Patient 12 | F | 49 | + | + | Bugs, spiders (would stomp on them) |
Patient 13 | M | 63 | − | + | Bugs, spiders, people looking inside the house |
Positive mirror sign (would see a strange person, rather than oneself when looking into a mirror)
Positive Capgras’s syndrome