Paranoid hallucinations following ocular surgery

Abstract

Paranoid hallucinations were seen in 2 patients following ocular surgery. Following his second cataract surgery, a 77-year-old male patient became disorientated, suffered paranoid hallucinations and fractured his first lumbar vertebra 'falling' from the balcony of the first floor. A 79-year-old female suffered from paranoia and visual hallucinations following goniotrephination surgery.