18FDG-PET and electroencephalographic findings in a patient suffering from musical hallucinations

Author(s): Ebel, H., Kachel, F., Reiche, W., Ringelstein, E. B., Bull, U., Sass, H.

Journal/Book: Nuklearmedizin. 1993; 32: 159-63.

Abstract: The majority of reports on the phenomenon of musical hallucinations suggests that this abnormality is a complication of a progressive peripheral hearing deficit. The present case report and a review of the international literature would, however, indicate that this syndrome may be the result of a dysfunction of the temporal cortex.

Note: Department of Psychiatry RWTH Aachen Frg.

Keyword(s): Deoxyglucose diagnostic use; Hallucinations etiology; Hallucinations radionuclide imaging; Middle Age Deoxyglucose analogs and derivatives; Electroencephalography ; Hallucinations diagnosis; Music ; Tomography, Emission Computed Case Report; Human; Male Deoxyglucose; fludeoxyglucose F 18

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