Mirror image syndrome (autoscopic syndrome; lukianowicz phenomenon)

General: Patient's delusion that 757e43h he or she is seeing a double of himself or herself; seen in patients with schizophrenia, epilepsy, migraine, and even depression; the 'double' usually appears suddenly and is of white or gray hue (see Capgras Syndrome, of which this syndrome is a variant).

Ocular: Hallucination in the form of seeing a double of self.

Clinical: Migraine; schizophrenia; epilepsy; depression.

Lipton CW. Hallucinations of physical duality in migraine. J Nerv Ment Dis 1953; 117:345.

Lukianowicz N. Autoscopic phenomena. Arch Neurol Psychiatr 1958; 80:199.

Magalini SI, Scrascia E. Dictionary of Medical Syndromes, 2nd ed Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1981.