The Alice in Wonderland syndrome in juvenile migraine

Pediatrics. 1979 Apr;63(4):517-9.

Abstract

Two children are reported who had recurrent attacks of impairment of time sense, body image, and visual analysis of the environment. These occurred with a clear state of consciousness and in the absence of any evidence of an encephalitic process, seizures, drug ingestion, or psychiatric illness. Both children had recurrent headaches; one was clearly migrainous. There was a family history of migraine in both cases. These children represent examples of the Alice in Wonderland syndrome in juvenile migraine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Hallucinations / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Migraine Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Syndrome
  • Time Perception