TY - JOUR T1 - Complex auditory musical hallucinations with ambivalent feelings JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2021-245397 VL - 14 IS - 11 SP - e245397 AU - Hugo Canas-Simião AU - Sandra Teles Nascimento AU - João Reis AU - Carina Freitas Y1 - 2021/11/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/11/e245397.abstract N2 - A 78-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2 and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was referenced to geriatric psychiatry consultation. She presented cognitive dysfunction, erotomanic delusion and complex musical hallucinations (MH), described as hearing her neighbour singing a familiar church song along with bells in the background, making comments and talking to her. A computed tomography (CT) of the brain detected small right nucleocapsular and bilateral external capsules hypodensities of presumed vascular aetiology during hospitalisation. MH are a rare phenomenon with heterogeneous aetiology. Most frequently, the cause is hearing impairment; other causes include social isolation, cognitive dysfunction, vascular risk factors and medication. Studies suggest that some brain areas related to musical memory circuitry might be related and not fully mapped. Auditory verbal hallucinations with a voice that either comments, talks or sings to the patient have never been described in the literature, making this clinical case attractive. ER -