Guided by voices
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How did auditory hallucinations correctly diagnose a brain tumour?
A BMJ case-report, Diagnosis made by hallucinatory voices, has gone viral once again. It was originally published by Dr Ikechukwu Azuonye in 1997 and is sporadically covered by the media or discussed on social media. It’s easy to see why it captures the imagination. The story goes that a woman develops voices in her head, telling her that she has a brain tumour…and they turn out to be right! The tumour is successfully removed and the voices go away. The explanations I’ve seen so far have left me dissatisfied. It brings to mind another 90s classic, the X-Files, about an FBI unit for…
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