2016
DOI: 10.1155/2016/8243145
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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: A Clinical and Pathophysiological Review

Abstract: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) is a perceptual disorder, principally involving visual and somesthetic integration, firstly reported by Todd, on the literary suggestion of the strange experiences described by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland books. Symptoms may comprise among others aschematia and dysmetropsia. This syndrome has many different etiologies; however EBV infection is the most common cause in children, while migraine affects more commonly adults. Many data support a strict relationship betw… Show more

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“…Similar symptoms, as precisely pointed out by Suri and Ali, also occur in migraine‐associated Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) 2 and, also in that case, seem to depend on migraine pathophysiology. In a recent report, 3 we described a 47‐year‐old woman, who suffered from migraine with aura since her adolescence.…”
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confidence: 55%
“…Similar symptoms, as precisely pointed out by Suri and Ali, also occur in migraine‐associated Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) 2 and, also in that case, seem to depend on migraine pathophysiology. In a recent report, 3 we described a 47‐year‐old woman, who suffered from migraine with aura since her adolescence.…”
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“…Interestingly, among the causes of AIWS, there are both migraine and some drugs [1][2], but this is the first case of AIWS attributable to an antipsychotic.…”
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confidence: 94%
“…The name refers to Lewis Carrol's children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in which the title character experiences alterations of sensation in which she felt that her body had grown too tall or too small, or parts of her body were changing shape, size, or relationship to the rest of her body. The syndrome was first described in 1952 by Lippman, and given its name by Todd in 1955 (7).…”
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confidence: 99%