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Autoscopy

MedGen UID:: 1051506
•Concept ID:: CN375694
•: Finding

HPO:	HP:5200210

Definition

A phenomenon in which an individual perceives themselves from an external perspective, as if they are observing their own body or self from a location outside of their physical body. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAutoscopy

Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormal nervous system physiology
  - Abnormality of mental function
    - Abnormal experience of reality
      - Abnormal interpretation of external stimuli
        Abnormal perceptual state
        Autoscopy

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The Neuropsychiatric Safety Profile of Lasmiditan: A Comparative Disproportionality Analysis with Triptans.

Merino D, Gérard AO, Van Obberghen EK, Destere A, Lanteri-Minet M, Drici MD
Neurotherapeutics 2023 Sep;20(5):1305-1315. Epub 2023 Jul 12 doi: 10.1007/s13311-023-01404-1. PMID: 37436579 Free PMC Article

Spontaneous and induced out-of-body experiences during sleep paralysis: Emotions, "AURA" recognition, and clinical implications.

Herrero NL, Gallo FT, Gasca-Rolín M, Gleiser PM, Forcato C
J Sleep Res 2023 Feb;32(1):e13703. Epub 2022 Aug 26 doi: 10.1111/jsr.13703. PMID: 36053735

Out-of-Body Experience During Awake Craniotomy.

Bos EM, Spoor JKH, Smits M, Schouten JW, Vincent AJPE
World Neurosurg 2016 Aug;92:586.e9-586.e13. Epub 2016 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.05.002. PMID: 27178238

Unilateral autoscopic phenomena as a lateralizing sign in focal epilepsy.

Hoepner R, Labudda K, Hoppe M, Schoendienst M, Schulz R, Tomka-Hoffmeister M, Woermann FG, Ebner A, Bien CG, Brandt C
Epilepsy Behav 2012 Mar;23(3):360-3. Epub 2012 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.01.010. PMID: 22377330

Numinous-like auras and spirituality in persons with partial seizures.

Dolgoff-Kaspar R, Ettinger AB, Golub SA, Perrine K, Harden C, Croll SD
Epilepsia 2011 Mar;52(3):640-4. Epub 2011 Feb 5 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02957.x. PMID: 21395568

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Diagnosis

Dissociation in patients with epilepsy and functional seizures: A narrative review of the literature.

Cassady M, Baslet G
Seizure 2023 Aug;110:220-230. Epub 2023 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.06.020. PMID: 37433243

Splitting the Unity of Bodily Self: Toward a Comprehensive Review of Phenomenology and Psychopathology of Heautoscopy.

Szczotka J, Wierzchoń M
Psychopathology 2023;56(4):306-314. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1159/000526869. PMID: 36349795

Hyperemesis gravidarum: a case of starvation and altered sensorium gestosis (ASG).

Erick M
Med Hypotheses 2014 May;82(5):572-80. Epub 2014 Feb 22 doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.02.014. PMID: 24613734

Ictal autoscopic phenomena and near death experiences: a study of five patients with ictal autoscopies.

Hoepner R, Labudda K, May TW, Schoendienst M, Woermann FG, Bien CG, Brandt C
J Neurol 2013 Mar;260(3):742-9. Epub 2012 Oct 21 doi: 10.1007/s00415-012-6689-x. PMID: 23086176

Semiologic value of ictal autoscopy.

Maillard L, Vignal JP, Anxionnat R, TaillandierVespignani L
Epilepsia 2004 Apr;45(4):391-4. doi: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.39103.x. PMID: 15030502

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Therapy

The Neuropsychiatric Safety Profile of Lasmiditan: A Comparative Disproportionality Analysis with Triptans.

Out-of-Body Experience During Awake Craniotomy.

Bos EM, Spoor JKH, Smits M, Schouten JW, Vincent AJPE
World Neurosurg 2016 Aug;92:586.e9-586.e13. Epub 2016 May 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.05.002. PMID: 27178238

Anomalous bodily-self experiences among recreational ketamine users.

Wilkins LK, Girard TA, Cheyne JA
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2012;17(5):415-30. Epub 2012 Mar 13 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2012.663162. PMID: 22414229

The Doppelgänger, disintegration and death: a case report.

Maack LH, Mullen PE
Psychol Med 1983 Aug;13(3):651-4. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700048066. PMID: 6622616

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Prognosis

Splitting the Unity of Bodily Self: Toward a Comprehensive Review of Phenomenology and Psychopathology of Heautoscopy.

Szczotka J, Wierzchoń M
Psychopathology 2023;56(4):306-314. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1159/000526869. PMID: 36349795

Delusional misidentifications in a procrustean bed.

Christodoulou GN, Margariti M, Christodoulou N
Psychiatriki 2018 Jan-Mar;29(1):15-18. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2018.291.15. PMID: 29754115

Anomalous bodily-self experiences among recreational ketamine users.

Wilkins LK, Girard TA, Cheyne JA
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2012;17(5):415-30. Epub 2012 Mar 13 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2012.663162. PMID: 22414229

Individual differences in lateralisation of hallucinations associated with sleep paralysis.

Girard TA, Cheyne JA
Laterality 2004 Jan;9(1):93-111. doi: 10.1080/13576500244000210. PMID: 15382733

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Clinical prediction guides

Delusional misidentifications in a procrustean bed.

Christodoulou GN, Margariti M, Christodoulou N
Psychiatriki 2018 Jan-Mar;29(1):15-18. doi: 10.22365/jpsych.2018.291.15. PMID: 29754115

Ictal autoscopic phenomena and near death experiences: a study of five patients with ictal autoscopies.

Hoepner R, Labudda K, May TW, Schoendienst M, Woermann FG, Bien CG, Brandt C
J Neurol 2013 Mar;260(3):742-9. Epub 2012 Oct 21 doi: 10.1007/s00415-012-6689-x. PMID: 23086176

Anomalous bodily-self experiences among recreational ketamine users.

Wilkins LK, Girard TA, Cheyne JA
Cogn Neuropsychiatry 2012;17(5):415-30. Epub 2012 Mar 13 doi: 10.1080/13546805.2012.663162. PMID: 22414229

Individual differences in lateralisation of hallucinations associated with sleep paralysis.

Girard TA, Cheyne JA
Laterality 2004 Jan;9(1):93-111. doi: 10.1080/13576500244000210. PMID: 15382733

Autoscopic phenomena.

Dening TR, Berrios GE
Br J Psychiatry 1994 Dec;165(6):808-17. doi: 10.1192/bjp.165.6.808. PMID: 7881784

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