Nuklearmedizin 1993; 32(03): 159-163
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1629659
Fallbericht
Schattauer GmbH

18FDG-PET and Electroencepha- lographic Findings in a Patient Suffering from Musical Hallucinations

Authors

  • R. Erkwoh

    1   From the Department of Psychiatry, RWTH Aachen, FRG
  • H. Ebel

    1   From the Department of Psychiatry, RWTH Aachen, FRG
  • F. Kachel

    1   From the Department of Psychiatry, RWTH Aachen, FRG
  • W. Reiche

    2   The Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, RWTH Aachen, FRG
  • E. B. Ringelstein

    3   And the Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen, FRG
  • U. Büll

    2   The Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, RWTH Aachen, FRG
  • H. Saß

    1   From the Department of Psychiatry, RWTH Aachen, FRG
Further Information

Publication History

Received: 29 October 1992

02 December 1992

Publication Date:
03 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

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.

Zusammenfassung

Fallbericht über das Phänomen der musikalischen Halluzination, nachgewiesen mit PET/18F-FDG. Es wird die (Anti-)Hypothese abgeleitet, daß dieses Syndrom auf einer Funktionsstörung der temporalen Großhirnrinde basiert.