Korean J Psychopharmacol.
2007 Jan;18(1):60-64.
A Case of Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomographic Finding in Patient with Acquired Deafness and Musical Hallucinosis after Viral Encephalitis
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
- 2Department of Psychiatry, Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea. chungyc@chonbuk.ac.kr
- 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Musical hallucinosis is uncommon symptom in the province of neuropsychiatry. Musical hallucinosis is often accompanied with hearing impairment caused by physical illness and is characterized by no psychotic symptoms. In the previous study, musical hallucinosis is related with secondary language center which paly a important roll in cognition and imagination of music and also related with activation of temporal lobe and frontal lobe.
METHODS
We report the case of musical hallucinosis with hearing impairment subsequent viral encephalitis.
RESULTS
This case is activated both inferior temporal lobe and borderline of left temporal lobe and occipital lobe in the Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT).
CONCLUSION
We predict that the result should be helpful to understand musical hallucinosis and auditory hallucination of schizophrenia.
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