15th February 2025

A 65-year-old gentleman attends your surgery for a follow-up appointment several weeks following a stroke.

A 65-year-old gentleman attends your surgery for a follow-up appointment several weeks following a stroke. He says he is doing “OK”, but then says that he has been experiencing hallucinations over the last few weeks, often in the evenings. These consist of vivid, colourful scenes involving people he knows, who sometimes seem smaller than they would be in real life. He hasn’t seen you about his visions before as he does not find them particularly worrying, since they only last a few minutes and he is aware they are not real. What is the likely diagnosis?

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