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Vol. 24 - Num. 93

Clinical Reviews in Digestive Diseases

Dysphagia as a presenting symptom of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Miguel Ángel Carro Rodrígueza, Marta Furones Garcíab

aUnidad de Gastroenterología Pediátrica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General de Villalba. Collado Villalba. Madrid. España.
bUnidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General de Villalba. Collado Villalba. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: MA Carro. E-mail: miguel.carro@hgvillalba.es

Reference of this article: Carro Rodríguez MA, Furones García M. Dysphagia as a presenting symptom of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2022;24:85-7.

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Abstract

A 6-year-old male attended the Pediatric Gastroenterology office for dysphagia and anxiety associated with feeding, once eosinophilic esophagitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease were ruled out, he was diagnosed with phobic dysphagia. The symptoms progressed to nocturnal dysphagia associated with macropsias and micropsias and finally he presented with daytime symptoms. Epileptic and tumoral disorders of the central nervous system were ruled out and visual evoked potentials with giant amplitudes were performed, finally diagnosing Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. The digestive and hallucinatory symptoms improved spontaneously until resolution.

Keywords

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Deglutition Disorders Gastroesophageal reflux Hallucinations Parasomnias

 

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