Musical hallucinations with a right frontotemporal stroke |
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| Authors: | Natalie Buchwald Adam Kelly Kenneth M. Heilman Alexis N. Simpkins |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology, University of Florida , Gainesville, Fl, USA Natalie.Buchwald@neurology.ufl.edu;3. Department of Neurology, University of Rochester , Rochester, New York, USA;4. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine &5. Neurologist-Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Gainesville, Florida, USA;6. Vascular Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Florida Gainesville, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Musical hallucinations have been reported in association with psychiatric diseases, brain stem strokes, deafness, degenerative diseases, intoxications, pharmacologic agents, and epilepsy. We present a patient who in the absence of these disorders developed musical hallucinations from an infarction of the right hemisphere that primarily injured his right frontal and anterior temporal lobes. This report discusses some of the possible mechanisms for this patient’s presentation. Although the mechanism of his musical hallucinations remains unclear, recognition of this uncommon syndrome is important when structuring rehabilitation and management for patients with stroke who have this disorder. |
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| Keywords: | Stroke frontotemporal hallucinations music earworm |
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