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A Case Report And Review: Charles Bonnet Syndrome Plus With Dementia, Sindhura Kompella, Shivani Kaushal, Sara A. Khan, Clara L. Alvarez Villalba

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

Introduction

Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) refers to visual hallucinations in visually impaired patients without psychiatric illness who are typically aware that their hallucinations are not real. Rare cases in the literature describe patients with atypical CBS, or CBS plus, who experience hallucinations in the context of sensory deficits but do not meet all of the criteria of a CBS diagnosis. These cases may include hallucinations in more than one sensory modality, including auditory hallucinations, which are thought to arise by a similar pathophysiology to that of the visual hallucinations in CBS. Unfortunately, the clinical criteria for atypical CBS are ambiguous, …