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Teenager's rare autoimmune disorder caused her to hallucinate a flying green dinosaur

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Teenager's rare autoimmune disorder caused her to hallucinate a flying green dinosaur
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The patient: A 16-year-old girl in CaliforniaThe symptoms: The teenager was referred to an emergency department because she was having hallucinations, including seeing a flying green dinosaur and hearing voices telling her to hurt others. She also had a sense that she was being followed.In the emergency room, she was trembling and sweating and had a racing pulse and shallow, fast breathing. She did not have a fever, although she did have one at the hospital that had referred her.During her conve

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