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¹Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hast. (ANEAH) 3. Göz Kliniği, Ankara
²ANEAH 3. Göz Kliniği, Ankara
³ANEAH 3. Göz Kliniği Şefi, Ankara Purpose: In 1769, the Swiss naturalist and philosopher Charles Bonnet for the first time described a syndrome which he had observed in his grandfather who had vivid visual hallucinations after cataract surgery. Interestingly Charles Bonnet himself also developed similar symptoms following visual impairment in his later years. The syndrome was later named as 'Charles Bonnet syndrome' (CBS) by De Morsier in 1938. It is characterised by complex visual hallucinations in visually impaired patients which are recognised as unreal. Lack of stimulus, cerebral functional pathology and social isolation are thought to be among the etiological factors. In this report we evaluated a patient who observed Charles Bonnet syndrome after bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

Keywords : Charles Bonnet Syndrome, visual hallucinations.