(18)FDG-PET AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM MUSICAL HALLUCINATIONS

Authors
ERKWOH R EBEL H KACHEL F REICHE W RINGELSTEIN EB BULL U SASS H
Citation
R. Erkwoh et al., (18)FDG-PET AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM MUSICAL HALLUCINATIONS, Nuklearmedizin, 32(3), 1993, pp. 159-163
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Nuklearmedizin → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
159 - 163
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The majority of reports on the phenomenon of musical hallucinations su ggests that this abnormality is a complication of a progressive periph eral hearing deficit. The present case report and a review of the inte rnational literature would, however, indicate that this syndrome may b e the result of a dysfunction of the temporal cortex.