Charles-Bonnet syndrome: A report of two cases

Uensalver B. O. , Oezmen M., Velet S.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.18, no.3, pp.277-281, 2007 (Journal Indexed in SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Title of Journal : TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Page Numbers: pp.277-281

Abstract

Charles-Bonnet syndrome (CBS) occurs after the loss of vision or a decrease in visual ability and is characterized by visual hallucinations with insight and preserved cognitive status. In this paper 2 cases in which vision was lost (in one patient due to hypophyseal macroadenoma and in the other due to diabetic retinopathy) ore presented.